A 14-year-old boy, Jamey Rodemeyer, who took his life on Sunday Sept 18/11, was bullied over his sexuality. He described in videos how he was made fun of at school and received many hateful messages on line. He talked about suicide many times before; he was also a fan of Lady Gaga, who uses her voice to accept the gay and lesbian public. She is looking to meet with President Obama to further discuss the issue.
In this case a child goes to school and is so extremely harassed by other children, that he starts talking about suicide publicly. How can no one do anything about this? This occurred in the State of New York, which is one state that hasn’t passed a formal anti-bully law yet.
Children are not allowed to steal, drive, drink, own a credit card, but they are allowed to use their mouth and computer to hurt someone, to the point of suicide. This is wrong, it is a crime, and should have consequences. Domestic violence isn’t legal or tolerated why should violence resulting from hateful words spoken or written go unchecked?
Cyber –bullying which affects an estimated 1/3 of the population is becoming fatal all too often.
