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**BoomBully** · 05-22-2012, 05:31 PM

The problem I bring up zip is not a validation of the action, but a statement that this is something that has been around, in various forms, for quite a while.

It sucks in more ways than one, but has been ACCEPTED by society. Although pop culture plays it and many people frown, the geek/pariah still gets his humility handed to him (or her) on a daily basis.

So why s his case so much worse? Because his actions predicated a suicide? Personal experience: public humiliation isn't the only way to get that.

I think the focus is wrongly placed. I do not disagree that what this kid did was wrong, but we seem to be skipping around what should be done to discourage this kind of behavior. All we have told many that still do this is to not post this stuff on YouTube... but it certainly has not stopped.

05-22-2012, 05:31 PM	#33
BoomBully Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	The problem I bring up zip is not a validation of the action, but a statement that this is something that has been around, in various forms, for quite a while. It sucks in more ways than one, but has been ACCEPTED by society. Although pop culture plays it and many people frown, the geek/pariah still gets his humility handed to him (or her) on a daily basis. So why s his case so much worse? Because his actions predicated a suicide? Personal experience: public humiliation isn't the only way to get that. I think the focus is wrongly placed. I do not disagree that what this kid did was wrong, but we seem to be skipping around what should be done to discourage this kind of behavior. All we have told many that still do this is to not post this stuff on YouTube... but it certainly has not stopped.
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