Sick Amanda Todd suicide memes (have memes gone too far?)

So? That guy wasn't much older than her - does simply being young make you automatically more susceptible to life's unfortunes? No. They were unfortunate but there is a huge difference in that she was stupid, he wasn't and was simply living his life until he killed himself. She made an attention whore out of herself in order to make people care about her and when that failed she decided to kill herself. Out of the two, which one do you think shows more resilence and dexeterity in their lives? I know the obvious answer for me.

If you are new to the internet then you'll be unaware of the 'rules' which apply online eg. Anonymous and the chans. Anonymous - because none of us are as cruel as all of us. Simply put, anonymity gives people the ability to voice their real views without fear of oppression. But half these people aren't anonymous online. If you've seen the facebook Sick Jokes page etc. then you'll see hundreds of people making jokes, liking things, commenting etc. because they know that in that context it's okay to make a sick joke hence the page name - if you and your hurt feelings brigade don't like it then don't join the page: unlike it, block it, ignore it. It's not doing you any harm, unless you can't stand knowing that someone else disagrees with you out there in the world.

'Somebody's feelings aren't free' - that is incredibly hypocritical. You wanted her to feel safe to express her sorrows when she was alive but you don't want people to express their opinions of annoyance when she kills herself? Make your mind up. You can't deter what types of free speech exist as it doesn't become free speech anymore, it just becomes limited.

And you, with all your efforts to call me and others pathetic or sad for thinking she was stupid for what she did, you are the one who is really pathetic if you want to limit the speech of those you dislike. The Nazis did it, the Soviets did it, now you're trying to do it. But beyond the locus of free speech is opinion. You don't just want free speech eradicated for dissenters, you want people to change their views on how they perceived Amanda Todd. That is going into deeply unethical territory, the door of which starts at free speech.

So you can either accept people will disagree with you and learn to live with it, even though many people already support Amanda Todd and her family's grief, or you can continue to try to force people to be silent about what they really think of what she did. The choice is yours, though I find it humouress that you'd no doubt not offer choice to others if this was the other way around.

The point is that someone like him, any ordinary undocumented case, goes unoticed, but when the media finds a sweet little white girl has died they make a frenzy. This is just an example, and I'd like to see your evidence on the guy being alive. And even if he did kill himself it doesn't eradicate the principle of what I stated above.

There is no evidence to your argument. Simples.

She was suffering from mental health problems and also her experiences as a child proves she is not stupid. Put a baby in a chicken coop and he will act like a chicken.

Is that story about that guy real? I've seen him in another meme-like picture before in someone's sig with a joke about being a forum moderator...

Great response to what I put - just furthers what I was saying

You are totally ignoring the upbringing of this girl in your argument. You didn't know the girl, or the family.

You clearly don't have any understanding of what depression is. It's a mental disorder .... It seems like she had severe depression. If someone has a mental disorder, then they can't clearly think for themselves.

Does that make it right to say '**** that bitch, she was stupid, there are loads of others killing themselves?'

The right thing to say is 'RIP to her and all, but there are also lots of others killing themselves'. The people saying she is stupid, is a hoe, a slut, just another ****ing white girl and all that are just being disrespectful.

Also don't start a jigsaw puzzle until you have all the pieces.

You're on a student forum - please don't embarress yourself by telling me and other random students they don't know what depression is.

So what are you going to do? Make it illegal to access the internet for anyone who is vulerable until a certain age? Monitor the internet to catch insensistive people or people who voice disenting opinions? Ban the internet all together?

You can't simply force someone to care for someone they've never met and you can't expect people to not voice their views on one of the last places they can freely do so, although even that is becoming endangered. And so what if people thought she deserved to die - they shouldn't HAVE to think she didn't deserve to, they shouldn't HAVE to all agree with you.

Its a news story, anyone is entitled to their beliefs. This isn't anything like a KKK rally because it's not discriminating against a single race of people for a born quality they can't control, they're mocking her because of how stupid she was.

I think this image sums up why, for one reason, many people aren't that sympathetic to her:

The point is that someone like him, any ordinary undocumented case, goes unoticed, but when the media finds a sweet little white girl has died they make a frenzy. This is just an example, and I'd like to see your evidence on the guy being alive. And even if he did kill himself it doesn't eradicate the principle of what I stated above.

You're on a student forum - please don't embarress yourself by telling me and other random students they don't know what depression is.



Of course I can't know everything about her, hence why I don't feel as much sympathy for her. That was one of my main points.



That goes for you as well.

So what are you going to do? Make it illegal to access the internet for anyone who is vulerable until a certain age? Monitor the internet to catch insensistive people or people who voice disenting opinions? Ban the internet all together?

You can't simply force someone to care for someone they've never met and you can't expect people to not voice their views on one of the last places they can freely do so, although even that is becoming endangered. And so what if people thought she deserved to die - they shouldn't HAVE to think she didn't deserve to, they shouldn't HAVE to all agree with you.

Its a news story, anyone is entitled to their beliefs. This isn't anything like a KKK rally because it's not discriminating against a single race of people for a born quality they can't control, they're mocking her because of how stupid she was.

I think this image sums up why, for one reason, many people aren't that sympathetic to her:

QFA

Gtfo moralfag

Lol, the merry band of ****ing idiots are out in force itt. If you truly don't give a **** about this news story like you suggest, where does an internet meme come in to your enlightened apathy? What sense does it make to support an insensitive and completely ignorant cyber-movement of pricks on the basis that you don't care? I thought it was disgusting when I read it, is that cause I'm a slave to the media or cause hearing about a young girl gradually driven to suicide by the unrelenting harassment of dickheads, misogynists and narcissists rubs me the wrong way?

The apparent line of argument here goes
-Many people commit suicide due to bullying
-Many of these suicides are unreported (interesting assumption)
-Therefore when one suicide gets media attention it's only fair and legitimate to make vitriolic and insulting comments about a situation you don't understand to showcase deep indifference

Excellent work, you insufferable ****ing dunces