“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”–Harvey S. Firestone It seems that in today's fast advancing world we want everything performed and completed fast. The quick access we have to the Internet, a worldwide web, has been but a "mixed blessing." It has presented an elusive amount of information to society at the tip of their hands. But not only does it bombard helpful information but it can also be extremely harmful and even deadly form of "advertising" violent behavior, better known as cyberbullying. Such fast and accessible growing web has paved way to an easy quick spreading method of attacking.
"Click, type, click, and post" the harm is done. But many agressors are oblivious to the fact that everything, absolutely everything has an audience, and at one point is seen and read and later commented about. Sure there is such a thing as posting anonymously, but it is still hurtful even more I would say than being confronted directly, because not only do you not know your attacker's face, but you do not know their motives, their intentions, nor when to anticipate their attacks.
Take the state of Missouri for example, it has made cyberbulling a felony under a new state law
"After the 2006 suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier, the victim of an Internet hoax, Missouri is taking cyberbullying very seriously."
Now lets hope many other states criminalize cyberbullying, because in many cases it leads to low self-esteem, emotional abuse, and even suicide.
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