If you don't know who Amanda Todd was, I'll give you a little insight. Amanda Todd was a beautiful girl who made the mistake of flashing a stranger on a website her boobs. A year after that, she began getting bullied, because the man who did it posted it for all to see. She changed schools, and was bullied once again. I will post the video, but I will warn you now, it's sad and explicit. This will be your only warning.
The end of this story is Amanda Todd committed suicide. All because people couldn't let go of the mistakes she made, and they treated her like dirt. They told her she needed to go die, that she was nasty, things like that; I find that absolutely disgusting. It must be nice, to be so perfect that you get to judge other people on the choices they have made. Find me one person on this planet who has never made a single mistake in their lives.
Now, you may be wondering, what is the point of this rant? I mean, you've already talked about the power of words, and how they really can affect people. So what's the moral of this? Well, for starters, some of the comments she received after her suicide. For instance:
"To be honest, she’s getting so much attention just because she’s probably White and pretty. There’s a whole bunch of poor children who commit suicide all the time and they’re not getting much support as she is. It’s sad, it was probably her fault anyways and people don’t see that, they see her as an innocent girl (bullsh*t). For all we know she’s probably easy! This is just my opinion."
"Amanda Todd was a s*** who posted webcam videos of herself (word for self-pleasure) to many many different people, screwed several guys in relationships when she was 13, then couldn’t handle the rightful backlash of her peers and took the weak way out. I’m glad she’s dead I wish more people like her would die."
Do I even need to begin to talk about what's wrong with these comments? For Christ's sake! She's DEAD. Just leave the poor girl alone and move on with your lives. She was bullied enough during her lifetime, she doesn't need it in death too; Yes, she made some mistakes, but that doesn't give anyone the right to tell her that she deserved it. She was young, she messed up. We all do it.
Or, let's talk about all the rude photos being posted on the internet:
Do I even need to begin to talk about what's wrong with these comments? For Christ's sake! She's DEAD. Just leave the poor girl alone and move on with your lives. She was bullied enough during her lifetime, she doesn't need it in death too; Yes, she made some mistakes, but that doesn't give anyone the right to tell her that she deserved it. She was young, she messed up. We all do it.
Or, let's talk about all the rude photos being posted on the internet:
But, Amanda Todd is just one example out of millions of people. Does anyone else see the problem with all of this? It's like the founder of Ask.fm, Mark Terebin said after 9 suicides because of cyber bullying on his website:
"Mass media is knocking on wrong door. It is necessary to go deeper and to find the root of a problem. It's not about the site, the problem is about education, about moral values that were devaluated lately. Ask.fm is just a tool which helps people to communicate with each other, same as any other social network. Same as a phone, same as a piece of paper and a pen. Don't blame a tool, but try to make changes… start with yourself… be more polite, more kind, more tolerant of others… cultivate these values in families, in schools.
Suicide is not something to encourage via mass media. The more you promote suicide, the more it happens. Do you think mass media care? They want scandals, they want sensations, and finally, they want money. Sorry, but we do not want to participate in it. What happened is a true tragedy, and we give our deepest condolences to the victim's family and relatives."
I feel bad, because Amanda Todd is getting all this attention (which she does rightfully deserve), but what about the millions of other people who commit suicide in the world that don't have Facebook support groups and all the media attention? Suicide is a sad thing, and everyone who has done it deserves to be recognized, at the very least. I suppose the point of this point is to honestly point out that words can have the most severe consequences, so think before you post, please.
Until next time,
-Enlightening Tale Brethren
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