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I see you either do not read my posts or I am not clear enough.
Let me be clear.
I am AGAINST institutionalized punishment, especially at the magnitude you desire, of bullies because they are:
a) children
b) citizens
c) like a) specified, they are children. They are not mature. In very rare cases can they be held fully responsible for their actions because most do not forsee what consequences their actions can have.
So I am against having the GOVERNMENT come in and regulate, through programs and policies, how bullies should be treated... and I repeat, especially at the level you are proposing.
THAT BEING SAID:
I am not saying that whoever behaves inappropriately towards their colleagues, teachers or parents should be left unpunished. I am all for letting teachers slap the kid who mistreats his colleagues or teachers. Dismiss them from class or expel them without permission to come near school grounds ever again. I am against allowing them to beaten by teachers. I am however of the opinion that parents should be allowed to administer corporal punishment to their children WHEN there is NO OTHER WAY and all other options have been EXHAUSTED. I am not pro-abuse but against abuse. So I am against child-abuse but not against a good spanking if there is no other way to go about it. Ofc, there are age restrictions. Never for kids under 14yrs old for instance.
I am also pro-military school for children who behave poorly both in the academic sphere and the behavioral sphere. I am AGAINST sending them to jail before they are 18. I am also against giving them a permanent penal record before they are 18 (unless they do first degree murder or something on that level. bullying, though it may result in suicide, is not the same, not by far).
Ultimately, a suicide has multiple parties to blame for especially in this case. I cannot rule out the person who killed herself as being blameless. She is to blame for numerous things and carried the last drop of the blame with her to her grave. Her parents carry a large deal of the blame and the police carry a large deal of blame too. And also, the mature person who blackmailed her. The least amount of blame is carried by the gealous girlfriend of the guy who the girl in the video fell for and the other kids. They are NOT her keepers. They do deserve to be punished with suspended from class and maybe a lower grade... as well as being forced to attend correctional classes for their behaviour. But other than that, no. They were underrage and could not possibly, in any way, forsee that this would happen. Professional psychiatrists and her parents couldn't figure out that she was depressed dammit and you want 14-15 yrs old kids to figure it out?
I think your personal emotions get in the way of a reasonable argument here and you are blindsided to certain aspects. The WORST way to handle such a situation is to have the government handle it. They cannot handle the most basic of things. Don't EVER rely on the government to solve your problems.
I don't care if you think "they're children." You minimalize it. You can't even call them for what they are: bullies. Why is that?
I don't care if "they're citizens." A lot of criminals are citizens, too.
Put these bullies in Juvy for a year. Or put them in jail.
Obviously you plan to do nothing. The government can enact laws that will actually, you know, do something to stop this nonsense.
Parents are not doing enough. Our current measures are not enough.
Unlike you I don't blame the victim.
You do nothing. You don't care because it's not your problem. In truth you honestly don't give a **** about the girl or what happened. Did you even watch the video entirely? Your solutions aren't enough, and because of it more kids will die. But since you don't care, it's alright.
I think your lack of emotions and inability to address the problem gets in the way of solving the problem. You're left blindsided because you see this dead girl as just another dead "thing" associated with the blight of bullying. The BEST way to actually solve this problem is to have the government enact laws to STOP and PUNISH bullying. Don't EVER rely on doing nothing to solve your problems.
"Yup, she's dead. Let's do nothing and move on."
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