“I don’t see how you can make that particular prediction about not making it through highschool based on whats available publicly. Millions of others have, many with much worse problems than this girl.”
Exactly. Those millions didn’t kill themselves the first time somebody called them names.
“I disagree with your first assertion, and no way you can convince me this wasn’t not only ‘harrassment’ but also ‘stalking’.”
No way. You can’t invite someone in your home and complain that they are harassing or stalking you. Having that user on her friend’s list is an invite. The fact remains that she could have easily blocked all correspondence from the user if she had wanted to.
“A child, age 14, being approached under false pretense by an adult is what this is all about. Not the child, nor the child’s actions.”
Where is the proof of that? It is my understanding is that it was the adult’s idea but the daughter did the messaging. You have any proof that an adult approached this child? If so, how many messages would constitute harassment? One? It appears the kid made NO attempts to break off correspondence so I’m having trouble seeing how that is stalking OR harassment.
Look, the kid was sick. She obviously had SERIOUS mental and emotional problems if some person she knew online for a month was cause enough for her to kill herself.
The kid was a kid. With all that entails.
The adults that did this to her are the problem. That you don’t see this clearly is mindboggling to me.
A little girl is dead today, and you choose to defend the actions of the ADULTS in this matter?
Wow.
Lets not continue this discussion, okay? It won’t end well for either of us.
“The world would be a better place without you.”
They pushed her over the edge. Just as the government military pushed David Koresh over the edge.
Cops don’t dare a man with a gun to his head to pull the trigger. They wait for him to point the gun at them and then carry out his wishes.
Exactly!
And these people knew her and KNEW how fragile she was. They were neighbors, pseudo friends to her parents. Again, they KNEW her. She wasn’t a stranger. They did it to ‘help’ their daughter spy on a girl she was, what, jealous of?
Heck, even I know that all I have to do to bring one of my 17 year old students to tears is to say something negative about them to their faces. The hormones, chemical and physical changes make this an extremely volital time for even the mentally healthiest of children. Yeah, they need to ‘toughen up’ to a degree, but kindness on my part only makes me better and doesn’t harm them.
So I have no pity for the scum who hurt this girl.
It was a teenage boy that was invited in, not an adult intent of harassment.