Teen Suicide Tormentor Outed By Anonymous

MightyMartian writes "From the CBC: 'The tragic story of B.C. teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the group says was the girl's primary tormentor. Todd, 15, of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, died last Wednesday, a month after posting a haunting video on YouTube that cited the sexualized attack that set her down a path of anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol abuse.' This raises a whole nest of issues surrounding the presumption of innocence and vigilantism. Should the police and the courts be given the appropriate amount of time to determine if there is sufficient evidence, or if a crime has in fact been committed, or is Anonymous right in short-circuiting what might in fact be a lengthy process with no guarantee that anyone will face charges?"

Comments

It's all tied together

[Marxist Hacker 42]

This is rape and murder. Maybe not by society's definition. Maybe not by the liberalized culture that thinks tricking a 14 year old into baring her breasts on the internet is just good clean fun. Or that consent is always equivalent to permission. So as much as I consider what anonymous has done to be vigilantism; one cannot say that this man, or the teenage boy, or any of the rest of this poor girl's tormentors are innocent.

It's all tied together. Society's rejection of morality and ethics leads to this. Atheism leads to this. The culture of consent and contraception, leads to this. The only thing left to do is learn from it instead of repeating the same mistakes as the hippie generation.

Re:It's all tied together

[Beardo the Bearded]

He's right.

If the tormentor was religious, he'd be molesting boys in church rather than teasing a girl on the Internet to the point where she kills herself.

Re:It's all tied together

[MachDelta]

A key that opens many locks is a master key. A lock that can be opened by many keys is a shitty lock.

Not saying I agree with it, but the analogy fits fairly well.

Re:It's all tied together

[misexistentialist]

Times have changed, women go out every weekend to get drunk and go home with strangers, "rape" no longer requires any force or even "protestations", and being raped is no longer shameful but something for women to take pride in. And while a rapist risks severe social stigmatization and up to life in prison, a false accuser has little risk of any negative consequences. If in such an environment almost all accusations are true, well then they are false, because angels have no genitalia which can be raped

Re:The society is to blame

[tqk]

Whose fault was it?

Her parents.

I mean, what were they thinking stuffing her up with such prudery that she came to believe her life was over once she'd bared her breasts and it became public? Cf. the British Royal family. They've done lots of far dumber things, recently even.

If I were her dad, I'd have sat her down and told her, "Blow it all off. It don't matter, and they're all just jealous, or pervs. You be proud of yourself. Besides (lifts his shirt), look at me. I've got a chest and even nipples. Big deal. Now go play with your friends and don't worry about it. Stand tall girl. You've nothing to be ashamed of."

I wish I could tell this to every kid entering puberty. Just stick it out, and when you get used to those hormones raging through you, you'll be able to handle it and will probably even enjoy it. It's just a phase we all go through. Hang in there. It won't be long now.

Oh, and the next time you see that jerk, kick him right in his piss-pump, just so he'll never forget how stupid he was letting you get away.