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9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-is-why-you-don't-listen-to-the-internet dept.

Raul654 writes "Massachusetts teenager Phoebe Prince committed suicide on January 14. After her death, it was revealed that she had been the target of cyberbullying for months (and that her teachers were aware of it and did nothing). Today, nine of her classmates were indicted on charges including harassment, stalking, civil rights violations, and statutory rape. Prince's suicide echoes the earlier case of Megan Meier, who committed suicide after being cyberbullied by a classmate's mother."

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  1. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! by LostCluster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey mod, you missed. The Offtopic violation is by the article, not me.

  2. Alliterative Names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... are clearly a high risk for harrassment-triggered suicides.

    Parents of children with alliterative names, TAKE LEGAL ACTION NOW! Change your childrens' names before it's too late!

    Parents-to-be, be warned, BEFORE you name your child! Take action to make alliterative names illegal, to spare you the temptation, and protect the future children of the unaware!

    The War on Alliteration must be fought NOW to save our children in the future.

  3. USPS has infected English by CranberryKing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is saving 3 characters that valuable? MA is a postal designation for Massachusetts. It is not correct to refer to Massachusetts as MA. If you must abbreviate, use Mass. as even USPS used before they came up with state codes. You can still write Conn., Del. &c. in a mailing address, but they don't like it.

  4. Re:Her teachers were aware of it and did nothing.. by Mana+Mana · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I'm astonished every time I hear about bullying in North America. "

    There was bullying in Mexico reported too?

    Ah, in Canada then?

    South Americans are Americans too.

    As are Central Americans.

    American, or North American is incorrectly used to designate a USA citizen in the Americas especially and it'll be mocked snidely. Sometimes even Latin Americans make the faux pas.

    I particularly love it when USA citizens refer to home as "the States." Syllables are cheap add a U-ni-ted why don't you. Not to mention the trite, beat to the death "on the other side of the pond." Gad, save words, just say "across the Atlantic," you're not cool just pedestrian in your language use.

    Eats shoot and leaves. You pander bear.