tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post8877953414754624282..comments2024-01-19T22:01:50.746-05:00Comments on Three Wicked Writers Plus Two: Bullying Must EndCari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-21213511080307855582010-04-08T18:46:15.796-04:002010-04-08T18:46:15.796-04:00I often carried a knife to school. I wonder if any...I often carried a knife to school. I wonder if anyone had a clue how close I came to using it...or how often I reached into my pocket to touch it.Amberhttp://www.shapeshiftersinlust.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-6299025156703921772010-04-07T17:49:01.271-04:002010-04-07T17:49:01.271-04:00I live in Massachusetts, and the Phoebe Prince cas...I live in Massachusetts, and the Phoebe Prince case has been all over the news, as has the subsequent anti-bullying legislation passed by the state. My 14-year-old came home the other day and said that her high school principal told her if she continues being bullied (she's run afoul of a few of what she calls the "preps" at her school), to report it immediately because it now must Jo Ramseyhttp://www.joramsey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-88537169088293702992010-04-07T11:13:27.199-04:002010-04-07T11:13:27.199-04:00Great post! I honestly don't think there's...Great post! I honestly don't think there's anyone who hasn't experienced bullying in one form or another. <br />My oldest son was small for his age (over 6 ft military man now, so don't get me started on Phelps, either), and he was bullied. After one incident where a kid stole his lunch, then ripped up his homework b4 class, he finally told us. The kid denied it and the dean was Dalton Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05176463811948745241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-65365947736044904922010-04-07T08:34:21.802-04:002010-04-07T08:34:21.802-04:00I hope karma's a bitch. I hope the day Fred Ph...I hope karma's a bitch. I hope the day Fred Phelps dies he finds out first hand what his hell is like. And it won't be full of gays and dead soldiers. Seriously, I think people like that exist today is they get a ton of news coverage everytime they show up. There are really only a tiny handful of church members who do these pickets. I've always thought the best way to fight them is Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-50936601531514875922010-04-07T00:22:51.999-04:002010-04-07T00:22:51.999-04:00Amen Naime! I understand a number of states are en...Amen Naime! I understand a number of states are enacting anti bullying laws and it's about time. If these little creeps figure out they'll be carted off to jail for this shit maybe they'll finally get a clue. And who are the parents of these kids? Were these children raised in a barn?Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-50461022449934277282010-04-07T00:20:23.582-04:002010-04-07T00:20:23.582-04:00Cai, I've come to believe Karma is a big bad b...Cai, I've come to believe Karma is a big bad bitch. Aint' it great??? I've been through my share of this stuff too and there is nothing worse that hearing you child cry and wonder what she did wrong. She did nothing but exist and that's all it takes for some of these people. Hiring a lawyer was a smooth move on your part and kudos to you for that. Nothing stops this crap faster Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-209780708027961622010-04-07T00:15:09.983-04:002010-04-07T00:15:09.983-04:00Ohhhh Serenity. How awful. So tragic. Fast action ...Ohhhh Serenity. How awful. So tragic. Fast action is necessary to stop this. I swear, it's becoming an everyday event.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-43216289599603840062010-04-07T00:13:37.425-04:002010-04-07T00:13:37.425-04:00Aw Fran, my friend. You are not only a 'toughi...Aw Fran, my friend. You are not only a 'toughie' but a very nice one. Sometimes we have to take a stand for the right thing. Doing it as a third grader takes guts.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-207163454464134202010-04-07T00:10:52.959-04:002010-04-07T00:10:52.959-04:00Right, Lisa. A friend today said she was told by s...Right, Lisa. A friend today said she was told by school officials that 'girls will be girls'. BULLSHIT. We get smacked in the face often enough with character building experiences. Who needs this?Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-9891248144914929422010-04-07T00:09:25.161-04:002010-04-07T00:09:25.161-04:00PA, don't even get me started on that bozo fro...PA, don't even get me started on that bozo from Kansas who pickets soldiers' funerals. I'm all for the first amendment but I have serious problems with all of this hate. What has happened that haters are just everywhere? Maybe they've always been around but we just didn't realize it. Now with news 24/7 we see it all the time.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-11156576173288926382010-04-06T21:24:35.779-04:002010-04-06T21:24:35.779-04:00The stalking laws came into affect when a couple o...The stalking laws came into affect when a couple of celebrities were attacked and killed. Before that, police didn't take it seriously. Same with battered women. I lived through the indifference of the police when I was told I couldn't do anything about an abusive partner I was trying to leave until he did something and then I should call 911. Maybe this time the outrage will actually Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-23984236103376682492010-04-06T20:54:06.133-04:002010-04-06T20:54:06.133-04:00I first read about this story a couple of weeks ag...I first read about this story a couple of weeks ago. It broke my heart that a child would feel so victimized and hopeless that the only solution she could find was to kill herself. I can't imagine the depth of pain she experienced. And now her family has to endure the same bullying and torment by hateful kids posting nasty comments on her memorial page. And people think that evil is just Naima Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12269175037270984886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-26598553973038074362010-04-06T19:57:16.726-04:002010-04-06T19:57:16.726-04:00Great post, Regina.
My own Diva Daughter was bull...Great post, Regina.<br /><br />My own Diva Daughter was bullied in high school - it broke my heart as she was soo looking forward to going to high school and thanks to two girls her age, she couldn't ride the bus home, couldn't participate in any after-school activities for fear that they'd attack her there, had to change her locker TWICE because they were able to break in and leave Caihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553363999931932450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-41597913045251361522010-04-06T17:47:51.469-04:002010-04-06T17:47:51.469-04:00Right, it had been an issue at the school for two ...Right, it had been an issue at the school for two years, but it took a publicized suicide before they acted on it? Really, schools need to be held more accountable for their indifference in these things.Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-21358574559377940812010-04-06T17:40:27.779-04:002010-04-06T17:40:27.779-04:00Hello All,
Very interesting topic and on time. I ...Hello All,<br /><br />Very interesting topic and on time. I received an emailed letter from my son's high school informing us that a senior committed suicide last week from cyber bullying. The senior was an outstanding academic and athletic student. Apparently was being bullied all over the social networks (started at the school). A full investigation is being performed and the police are Serenity Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191536481589225915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-14974434346704754012010-04-06T16:57:32.695-04:002010-04-06T16:57:32.695-04:00I was never "popular" in school, by any ...I was never "popular" in school, by any means. I kept to myself. I got teased, but oddly, no one bullied me at school (just on the way to and from school). One day I saw about ten "popular" kids teasing and making horrible fun of a thin, delicate, big-eyed girl who wore pierced earrings and hand-me down clothes and shoes with the toes cut out (the old fashioned 'Fran Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247024581813249889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-89569207540997193442010-04-06T16:55:35.438-04:002010-04-06T16:55:35.438-04:00Speaking from the viewpoint of someone who was bul...Speaking from the viewpoint of someone who was bullied terribly both as a child and a teenager, I cringe whenever I think about a young person being bullied to the point of suicide. Laws need to be passed nationwide; bullies should not be allowed to get away with such dispicable behavior. It does not "add character" to the abused; much to the contrary, it hinders the self esteem and Leigh M. Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419221093398839195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-12233096347930633302010-04-06T16:16:20.425-04:002010-04-06T16:16:20.425-04:00If they can't stop Fred Phelps from picketing ...If they can't stop Fred Phelps from picketing soldiers funerals then it's unlikely they'll be able to stop cyber bullies who do the same thing.<br /><br />It's all under the umbrella of free speech. Sick minds, aren't they?Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-17736278631411595142010-04-06T16:14:02.958-04:002010-04-06T16:14:02.958-04:00when it's online cyber bullying you get into t...when it's online cyber bullying you get into the whole freedom of speech argument. They'll claim they're just using their right to speak freely and the law can have trouble dealing with it. <br /><br />I'm not sure there's much that can be done if they don't cross the line. Give stronger definitions of what stalking is, especially cyber stalking?<br /><br />It's ugly Pat Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824114343214016153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-7527760077327588032010-04-06T16:10:09.433-04:002010-04-06T16:10:09.433-04:00Oh Debra! What absolute HELL. The laws need to cat...Oh Debra! What absolute HELL. The laws need to catch up with technology and that's a fact! I've been reading lately about TROLLS. They show up at memorial pages on Facebook and post hateful, terrible things to parents who have lost a child. Where the FUCK do these people come from????Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-45562200986025015052010-04-06T16:07:36.216-04:002010-04-06T16:07:36.216-04:00This is perfect, Destiny. All parents should do th...This is perfect, Destiny. All parents should do this. I remember my daughter talking about a girl in middle school (my daughter is now in college) but she told me there was a girl who had no friends and every morning she held the door for kids as they rushed inside. About the middle of the school year, the girl approached her very shyly and said...I just wanted to say I think you are very nice. Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-25876550157286473032010-04-06T16:06:11.329-04:002010-04-06T16:06:11.329-04:00What'da'ya do? The Internet has really ope...What'da'ya do? The Internet has really opened up a whole new bully and because the laws haven't caught up, nothing can be done about it. My entire family has been bullied by a faction of crazy stalkers and because they don't cross the line into threatening something physical, the local authorities won't do anything about it. :::sigh:::Debra Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569641430632477351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-80967518260143695462010-04-06T15:36:14.643-04:002010-04-06T15:36:14.643-04:00My daughter is in the third grade and there is a b...My daughter is in the third grade and there is a boy in her class that she says "acts weird" because he says crazy stuff but doesn't talk most of the time, chews on his clothes, and some other things. I told her that he's probably going to be the kind of kid that others pick on, but she is never to pick on him and if she hears or sees others doing so, she needs to tell them destiny wallacehttp://destinywallace.literalseduction.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-17346115852837109122010-04-06T15:18:15.096-04:002010-04-06T15:18:15.096-04:00Rant away, honey. We're all thinking about thi...Rant away, honey. We're all thinking about this. Decent people everywhere need to be ranting about this and maybe something will be done. Finally. <br /><br />I don't think we should let schools get away with blowing this stuff off. It can be serious! It can be deadly. I was never more thrilled than when I heard the DA in Mass. considered holding the school accountable for their Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-16965558368259787092010-04-06T14:48:57.174-04:002010-04-06T14:48:57.174-04:00This is sad to hear. It makes me so mad when this...This is sad to hear. It makes me so mad when this kind of thing happens. No kid should have to go through that kind of thing. When I was in school I had to deal with being made fun of because of my teeth and the fact that we wore homemade clothes. It's hard to deal with, I chose to become an intravert (spelling?) so I can understand how she must have felt. The problem is people don'tSilverWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523458101165580347noreply@blogger.com