Eli26
Super Freak
Ok if you were harassed at your first school for the pic you showed, then moved to a new school,with all new ppl, and the pic was already going around shortly after being there, Im sure it would be a little hard to make some friends. Hard to get some respect with a pic of your boobs on everyone's phone, on Facebook, im sure twitter...the girls wont respect you,probs thinking shes a "slut", and all the boys see that do what boys that age do with name calling and teasing among other things. "Hey nice tits". With all that, it would be pretty hard to make new friends no doubt. Dont really get whats so hard to understand about it.
Exactly! It's all perception and of course, lack of maturity and insight. From her side and theirs. Empathy goes along way. You either have it or you don't. As for Amanda, she couldn't see beyond the backlash of what exposing herself on the internet would do. That it eventually would die down, and that she would have her life back. Unfortunately, most of us here were not exposed to the level of humility she was, so it's hard to truly fathom how we would have reacted. It must have been hard, and I couldn't imagine how difficult it was to feel like the earth is devouring you, the way she saw it. I had a very difficult Summer with my break up and then weeks later, the news of my father's terminal Cancer. It's a lot for one person to take on in a short period of time. I had my moments. The whole chemical imbalance caused by lack of sleep. Bouts of depression, and anger. With her it must have been amplified 20 fold. I am an adult and she's a kid. Suicide is not the way, but unfortunately it comes too easy to some, and it's around us. I would have agreed that people who committed an act of taking their own lives is selfish, and hurts only the people around them. The ones that have to deal with the fall out of losing a loved one in their life. This was once a happy girl I am assuming, who was dealt a pretty powerful blow to her character. One so overwhelmingly strong, it ate at her very core. Negativity can do so much to a person. I had an abusive father growing up. Yes, the same one who has terminal Cancer. He was good at making you feel like ****, to the point I would always replay his negative words in my head. It beat my character down. I could have gone down that same road she did, but I also had a lot of good people who picked me up and said those words my dad chose to attack me with were not true. It took me along time to address that wasn't my reality. Not everyone can beat it and I understand. So I sympathize a great deal with her. I can't imagine how awful she was feeling.
As for Batty's response to "Does Canada have any Anti-Bullying Campaigns"... We're a first world country, highly noted for the quality of living of those who reside here. We are not set in the dark ages. We even have a Human Rights Museum in the final days of its construction as I type this, which has received global attention. Anti-Bullying or no Anti-Bullying campaigns are not going to change the fact that bullying exists. I don't know why this was even brought up. Depression, mental sickness, suicidal behaviour, and bullying knows no such thing as borders. It's not just a Canadian thing. It's an American thing. It's a Global thing. It's called being human. Doesn't matter where it happens. Should that even matter? It just does, unfortunately. I highly doubt she didn't have those that supported her. There are a lot of great people out there. In this individual's case, the bad was too overwhelming for them to let any good in.
he probably posted his social security on facebook lol
