[quote]harrypotter wrote:
Now I know this is a nice story but really, they couldn’t stop the harassment through the traditional means so went for the thing that exemplifies how rediculous our society is.
Good looks
Good grades
On the Football team as Quarterback
How cliche is this?
In the UK there are stories where mentally handicapped or old people are abused by youths, the police and society at large do nothing.
If you use force against these little runts you go to jail on pedophile charges, you lose your livelihood and the like.
Unfortunately these very people I talk about end up killing themselves.
There are serious issues with western culture when you cannot do anything about bullying. I was bullied in high school but I was lucky enough to have a group of teachers and parents who could tackle it.
I got into fights with the bullies as well but they were sorted out by the school authorities why is it so bad these days?[/quote]
Its not any worse now than in the past, we just have a 24 hour news cycle with hundreds of outlets trying to show people something new.
In the not so distant past people who were very different got killed or driven out of their societies as a matter of course.