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Deaths of 4 bullied teenagers at Ohio school produce lawsuits and much soul-searching
StarTribune ^ | 10/11/10

Posted on 10/12/2010 3:43:30 PM PDT by EBH

Now two families — including the Vidovics — are suing the school district, claiming their children were bullied to death and the school did nothing to stop it. The lawsuits come after a national spate of high-profile suicides by gay teens and others, and during a time of national soul-searching about what can be done to stop it.

If there has been soul-searching among the bullies in Mentor — a pleasant beachfront community that was voted one of the "100 Best Places to Live" by CNN and Money magazine this year — Sladjana's family saw too little of it at her wake in October 2008.

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Another one today...number 6?

Mentor-on-the-Lake police investigating teen’s death http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/mentor-on-the-lake_police_inve.html

Jennifer Norris was alive but unresponsive when she was found sitting in a chair outside H building at the Normandy Manor Apartment complex in Mentor-on-the Lake. She did not live there. Police do not know why she was there, Lt. John Gielink said.

5 student suicides put focus on bullying issue in Mentor http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/5_student_suicides_put_focus_o.html

1 posted on 10/12/2010 3:43:34 PM PDT by EBH
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Mentor-on-the-Lake police investigating teen’s death

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/mentor-on-the-lake_police_inve.html

5 student suicides put focus on bullying issue in Mentor

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/5_student_suicides_put_focus_o.html


2 posted on 10/12/2010 3:44:59 PM PDT by EBH (We have lost our heritage of "making money.")
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Notice they are suing local taxpayers who may not be guilty, the guilty will not be punished or anything.


3 posted on 10/12/2010 3:46:59 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: EBH

How awful...

Those poor children...


4 posted on 10/12/2010 3:49:09 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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5 posted on 10/12/2010 3:53:19 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave (To anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.)
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I know many here claim not to watch TV. BUT, has anyone watch this past season of Big Brother, the on going season of Survivor. This is especially bad. One woman has a prosthesis, and is being brutally harrassed by another contestant. The numerous shows that protray Bullying as “just clean fun” or “part of the game” is rather disgusting.
Does anyone find that maybe just maybe these young people are watching these shows and getting the idea that bullying is perfectly acceptable. What kind of Producers do these shows hire that stand by while this bullying goes on?
Both of the above mentioned shows dangle money, and no way out other than to quit.
The entertainment community needs to take a close look at some of the fare they are offering, and set limits on the behavour of the participants.
Even Amazing Race is getting hard to watch, the abuse leveled at the partners in the race would be unacceptable in society. (”what would you do?, with John Quinnones, I guess proves that there are some in our society that accept this bullying.)


6 posted on 10/12/2010 3:57:43 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I raise the question again...

5 or 6 deaths through ONE school?

There is more than just bullying go on...

The incident rate is just simply way too high is anyone from law enforcement looking at all the cases as a whole?


7 posted on 10/12/2010 4:01:57 PM PDT by EBH (We have lost our heritage of "making money.")
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Remember a few years ago when there was a rash of shark attacks? Turns out that there were no more attacks than in normal years, the media were just making a big deal out of it.

I suspect that bullying has been going on forever, and kids have responded poorly to the bullying forever, but the the media simply have an agenda to push.

These are sad anecdotes, but I doubt there’s a “trend” that needs to be urgently addressed.


8 posted on 10/12/2010 4:10:05 PM PDT by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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We’ve gone from Columbine to Boston and now this.

The schools choose to ignore issues of honor and integrity while focused on their political agenda rather than the students.

Horrific waste of young lives with seemingly no remorse from the bullies or their parents.


9 posted on 10/12/2010 4:18:13 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Terrible, just terrible, Dave, and right here!


10 posted on 10/12/2010 4:34:52 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: Theo

Agree with your comments and I’ll add on, why are folks looking for someone else to blame the problem on?


11 posted on 10/12/2010 4:35:15 PM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA, You can't fix stupid...)
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"Suzana Vidovic found her sister's body hanging over the front lawn. The family watched, she said, as the girls who had tormented Sladjana for months walked up to the casket — and laughed

"They were laughing at the way she looked," Suzana says, crying. "Even though she died.""

The more I see of this society,The More I like Heinlein's Idea's a la Starship Troopers

Public whipping of these creatures has some very good merits

12 posted on 10/12/2010 4:40:57 PM PDT by Charlespg
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I would be willing to bet that if school prayer were still allowed, things wouldn’t be as bad at that school.

I’d also like to know what kind of brainwashing is done there. Thomas Sowell pointed out, and published, the fact that before the shooting, Columbine made a habit of taking kids to a morgue to view bodies as part of “death education” curriculum.

...and it goes on and on.


13 posted on 10/12/2010 4:45:30 PM PDT by BobL (The whole point of being human is knowing when the party's over.)
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To: Charlespg

If you see the way the media treats Palin and O’Donnell, you see the root of the problem. Being mean is acceptable these days.


14 posted on 10/12/2010 4:46:42 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Mentor has a population of about 52,000 and the high school is about 2,400 kids. Big school.


15 posted on 10/12/2010 4:55:46 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Theo
I suspect that bullying has been going on forever, and kids have responded poorly to the bullying forever, but the the media simply have an agenda to push.

It has and they do.

These are sad anecdotes, but I doubt there’s a “trend” that needs to be urgently addressed.

There is no new "trend," only the same old thing that has gone on forever. But it still must be addressed!

It's a crying shame that bullying has gone on so long and been accepted as a "normal part of life." Something should have been done long before the libs came along to make use of it.

16 posted on 10/12/2010 5:01:46 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vehe'emin beHaShem; vayachsheveha lo tzedaqah.)
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The family watched, she said, as the girls who had tormented Sladjana for months walked up to the casket — and laughed.

I'm glad I wasn't there. Otherwise, I would have been charged with multiple murders.

17 posted on 10/12/2010 5:02:29 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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There is a great organization started by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary. It’s called Operation Respect. He sang a song “Don’t Laugh at Me” about bullying. It seems to be a positive organization. We saw Peter last night at the Woodsong Old Fashion Radio Hour. It was a good time, and he was great.


18 posted on 10/12/2010 5:09:30 PM PDT by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home......)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Yes, it must be addressed. Our solution: personal responsibility, not federal involvement.


19 posted on 10/12/2010 5:12:31 PM PDT by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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Yes, it must be addressed. Our solution: personal responsibility, not federal involvement.

I didn't say one word about federal involvement.

Bullying goes on because the faculties and staffs of schools do not care. To them it's just a part of growing up, just like measles.

Ever seen Stephen King's It!? That's what it's like. A monster is attacking the people's children and they don't care.

20 posted on 10/12/2010 5:19:04 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vehe'emin beHaShem; vayachsheveha lo tzedaqah.)
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