wha..? of course i would go after those that hurt my kids. most things do not have to be said to be self evident. wow. i am not sweeping anything under any carpets. CYBER BULLYING. i mean my lord do you guys even read the stuff you comment on. of course you blame the cyber part of cyber bullying. ergo the name. and that first paragraph of yours chronno, if the context is that if my boys did something as abhorrent as to harm your cousin. the shame i would feel of my sons could not be placed in words. yes i am more responsible for my sons actions than any website could ever be, does not diminish it's part. international forums(ironically the last was online)on bullying specifically talk about the increase in bullying as a direct result of the internet. the evidence is to much to ignore. calling it a conspiracy theory (fox mulder hide the aliens) so that the italian president can gain more $$$ in his account. woooo
it is a dumbed down version of tv. without the regulations to protect those that can not protect themselves. being a parent of 2 boys and a hands on mental health worker, if i was to find out that someone had posted the torture,(mild or otherwise),of my son on that site. no. there has to be someone to regulate it. you can not tell me that more than a few of the kids that do beat on each other don't do so, or at least continue, because they are encouraged to do so by the thrill of being posted on youtube. as someone that works in mental health i know as fact, that the stigma can stay for life or in the most extreme cases cause someone to end their life. i know that youtube can be(rarely) enjoyable, but with cyber bullying rising at such an exponential rate, and children killing themselves over that, then something has to be done. now as to the poor downs syndrome child that was hurt, the fool that wrote the story above doesn't consider the fact that it may have happened because of the opportunity these kids had to have there 15 seconds of fame. i think that when you post it must be traceable in the least or otherwise regulated as is tv so that those that need it can be protected.
youtube is the web equivalent of those painful reality shows we see on tv. i have looked at the site and cringed at the content much the same way dancing with the minor celebs makes me cringe, chocolate rain? yecch. why is it that accountability should not be forced on the execs? don't post it immediately, wait till it is viewed, if that makes the site fail, so what? watching children beat on each other is not what it is for, yet that is what it is becoming. you want to see idiots hurt themselves in the groin watch those funniest home video shows, you want to see bad singers with the occasional good one in for luck, watch any idol show, dancers?..... you get the point. just because it has an illusion of freedom to it does not mean crap. it is not anything more than revenue raising. let them use some of that revenue to make themselves and it more accountable and responsible.
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it is a revenue raising media outlet online. any tv station would not show it for fear of censorship laws. they do exist.
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wha..? of course i would go after those that hurt my kids. most things do not have to be said to be self evident. wow. i am not sweeping anything under any carpets. CYBER BULLYING. i mean my lord do you guys even read the stuff you comment on. of course you blame the cyber part of cyber bullying. ergo the name. and that first paragraph of yours chronno, if the context is that if my boys did something as abhorrent as to harm your cousin. the shame i would feel of my sons could not be placed in words. yes i am more responsible for my sons actions than any website could ever be, does not diminish it's part. international forums(ironically the last was online)on bullying specifically talk about the increase in bullying as a direct result of the internet. the evidence is to much to ignore. calling it a conspiracy theory (fox mulder hide the aliens) so that the italian president can gain more $$$ in his account. woooo
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it is a dumbed down version of tv. without the regulations to protect those that can not protect themselves. being a parent of 2 boys and a hands on mental health worker, if i was to find out that someone had posted the torture,(mild or otherwise),of my son on that site. no. there has to be someone to regulate it. you can not tell me that more than a few of the kids that do beat on each other don't do so, or at least continue, because they are encouraged to do so by the thrill of being posted on youtube. as someone that works in mental health i know as fact, that the stigma can stay for life or in the most extreme cases cause someone to end their life. i know that youtube can be(rarely) enjoyable, but with cyber bullying rising at such an exponential rate, and children killing themselves over that, then something has to be done. now as to the poor downs syndrome child that was hurt, the fool that wrote the story above doesn't consider the fact that it may have happened because of the opportunity these kids had to have there 15 seconds of fame. i think that when you post it must be traceable in the least or otherwise regulated as is tv so that those that need it can be protected.
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youtube is the web equivalent of those painful reality shows we see on tv. i have looked at the site and cringed at the content much the same way dancing with the minor celebs makes me cringe, chocolate rain? yecch. why is it that accountability should not be forced on the execs? don't post it immediately, wait till it is viewed, if that makes the site fail, so what? watching children beat on each other is not what it is for, yet that is what it is becoming. you want to see idiots hurt themselves in the groin watch those funniest home video shows, you want to see bad singers with the occasional good one in for luck, watch any idol show, dancers?..... you get the point. just because it has an illusion of freedom to it does not mean crap. it is not anything more than revenue raising. let them use some of that revenue to make themselves and it more accountable and responsible.