there is absolutely NO WAY a bully should be charged with murder after someone commits suicide however, that's ridiculous. that is blaming the bully because the person didn't have a support structure in place to deal with the problem. This is the equivalent of charging a manager with murder after the person he fires kills himself.
Bit of a non-sequitur there, tj. The manager is part of a business, whose function may require termination of employment in some cases. There is no situation where a school child is required to treat another student poorly. The manager's actions were upholding his responsibilities; the bully's actions were just torture.
I believe that the issue should not be a legal one, insofar that it requires a unique protection under the law.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gPyyqISm8eg
This beating should be dealt with under the assault and battery, and possibly hate crime laws, rather than any specifically tailored "bully law." I think that giving schoolyard bullying unique consequences sends the message that it is okay to torment people, as long as you do it in the right place.
Much more important than any specific legal measure is that the cultural perception of these incidents, and LGBT youth as a whole, changes dramatically. It is needs to be no more acceptable to terrorize children for being black than for being gay. (At some point even the most backwards members of society will have to notice that it is a mistake, in retrospect, every time a group is singled out for abuse.)
Originally posted by ZampanóI believe that the issue should not be a legal one, insofar that it requires a unique protection under the law.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gPyyqISm8eg
This beating should be dealt with under the assault and battery, and possibly hate crime laws, rather than any specifically tailored "bully law." I think that giving schoolyard bullying unique consequences sends the message that it is okay to torment people, as long as you do it in the right place.
Exactly, we have a time and system in place to deal with bullies.
Much more important than any specific legal measure is that the cultural perception of these incidents, and LGBT youth as a whole, changes dramatically. It is needs to be no more acceptable to terrorize children for being black than for being gay. (At some point even the most backwards members of society will have to notice that it is a mistake, in retrospect, every time a group is singled out for abuse.)
Agreed again. This is much of the same reason I disagree with the existence of "hate crimes."