http://techliberation.com/2009/09/14/list-recent-of-state-cyberbullying-measures/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/09/14/list-recent-of-state-cyberbullying-measures/comment-page-1/#comment-65090 MikeRT Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:46:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21516#comment-65090 <p>Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.<br><br>Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.<br><br>Or, I suppose a 3rd option, is to have 4chan set up an escrow account where it can take payments from parents who want Anonymous to go nuclear on their kids' bullies...</p> Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.

Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.

Or, I suppose a 3rd option, is to have 4chan set up an escrow account where it can take payments from parents who want Anonymous to go nuclear on their kids' bullies…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/14/list-recent-of-state-cyberbullying-measures/comment-page-1/#comment-61518 MikeRT Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21516#comment-61518 <p>Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.<br><br>Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.<br><br>Or, I suppose a 3rd option, is to have 4chan set up an escrow account where it can take payments from parents who want Anonymous to go nuclear on their kids' bullies...</p> Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.

Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.

Or, I suppose a 3rd option, is to have 4chan set up an escrow account where it can take payments from parents who want Anonymous to go nuclear on their kids' bullies…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/14/list-recent-of-state-cyberbullying-measures/comment-page-1/#comment-61515 MikeRT Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:46:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21516#comment-61515 <p>Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.<br><br>Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.</p> Public awareness does not actually solve the issue of how parents and society in general will control these people. Parents need legal tools with which to sue and even prosecute those who subject their children to serious harassment, defamation and other such systematic, cruel behavior.

Personally, I would settle for the days when a bully's victim could knock their lights out at school without any legal recourse for the bully, but that's a non-starter since most people have been spoonfed that rubbish about violence not solving anything. It stands to reason that if we are going to prohibit their victims from punching them a few times on the playground or between classes, that we owe it to them to let them sue or prosecute their harassers.

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