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Originally Posted by willravel
Boy that's sad. Megan was a ticking time bomb. If it wasn't some asshole on myspace, it would have been someone or something else.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
how saddening that you could think this. I thought better of you.  |
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Originally Posted by willravel
So she wasn't a time bomb? You're suggesting someone who killed herself because she was badmouthed on myspace is a normal and healthy teen? I'd beg to differ with that.
[...] Yes, some people are massive dicks, but being responsible for someone's suicide? Give me a break. Don't let emotional content skew your perspective.
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Bingo.
I find it kind of crass that they're going to such great lengths to get a "harassment" law passed... either they believe their daughter's death is worth a penalty of one whole year in jail (only if the state passes it, and no one would ever serve more than 5 or 6 months of that anyway), or they're really just pushing the issue because they're being emotional.
If the state law already existed, the outcry would then be that 1 year is hardly a fitting punishment for the loss of a child. Getting that charge to stick is, at best, retaliatory. Laws are not supposed to serve emotional baggage, or to retaliate against someone in whatever small way is feasible. Laws are created to protect, or provide punishment (not retaliation) for a crime. This harassment "law" they've concocted is a joke.
Suicide is a personal decision. The kid was mentally unstable. Yes, it's fucked up that people would harass a 13 year old for jollies. No, you can't blame them for the kid's suicide. No one can be blamed for a suicide but the person themselves- that's why there is no law to help assuage the emotionally distraught parents.
They aren't looking for justice, they're looking for revenge- in whatever form they can find. I can't blame them, but that doesn't mean it's right.