Soon, I'll start another fanfic anime crossover story. That'll be after K-ON storytime.
By the way, how's life? It has been three days on a row since I did not update the blog. For this while until May 2012, there will be more post than ever.
Today, let's talk about cyber-bullying.
Ryan Patrick Halligan was having a real deal of pain that day. Words come all around his school about him being a gay. A popular girl in his school pretended to like him before crushing him from the inside. To make things worst, a friend who once bullied and befriended with Halligan once again, was giving him one hell of a time by posting the gay rumor throughout the internet. Unable to cope, Halligan killed himself.
But that's not just the case of cyber-bullying. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THEM on this planet, and it's getting more hostile when Facebook appears.
The most suitable definition of cyber-bullying is 'bullying a person using the mean of ICT via internet, phone and anything related'. It is another whole new world of bully where no one could survive for long, even if they turn the computer off. Targets of the cyber-bullying were vulnerable, and they can't survive for long, since they themselves cannot even stay far from computers, cell phones, or anything nowadays, just as we all know it.
Cyber-bullying even targets celebrities. Two Korean pop stars committed suicide after anonymous people posted their nude pictures at web. I would love to show it, but it'll disrespect the dead, so let's say may the restless souls rest in peace.
So there's one question : Why cyber-bullying?
That's a good question. My opinion, the bullies would want to be like the new version of Jack the Ripper, which his identity stay anonymous and mysterious until now. When they are on cyber world, they wouldn't have to be themselves. They could change their names to everything. With their names unknown by people, they would feel that they could nail someone without themselves being tailed of, nor detected by others, including their parents. For this reason, they will become more hostile and the next time you see these bastards, you'll them posting things that you don't want other people to know. They could even post things that could ruin your life, and that was kind of epic fail.
On 3rd November 2002, a Canadian kid made a video of himself swinging a golf ball retriever like a lightsaber. He was trying to impersonate Darth Vader in Star Wars. However, the video was recorded secretly and discovered by some of his friends before the video was taken to Youtube. It was a huge hit that the kid was extremely demoralized and eventually ended up in hospital. Ironically, that video becomes a huge hit in Youtube until now.
See? That's cyber-bullying.
As we all know, normal schoolyard bully ends after school. The pain you get from the bullying session may be unbearable, but that's physical and mental effects that would diminish within short time. Bruise and wound heal so fast thanks to the mitosis. But in cyber-bullying, it's 24/7, 365 a year. There's no way out for the victim. It's like the one was surveyed eternally by eyes that wouldn't shut even for second. The pain, it's not just unbearable, it's never ending. It'll you to Hell of your life. The bruise is not visible but scarred your heart permanently, like an Indonesian old saying goes, "Once the coal is drawn on your forehead, you will remember it for life".
Although most teens have known this threat, 98% (and sadly that includes me) of them always take this for granted. Like I just said, the teens seldom to go far from their Facebook, afar from their mobile phone. The bullies would find it very strategic and profiting as they know by using these, they don't just successfully pawn their victims anonymously, they also would find this way 'low cost' and or even free. Just imagine, Facebook don't even cost when sign up or sign in, isn't it? Text messaging service for the cell phone could take cost, but today, it's 1 cent for one SMS (in Malaysia). The bullies could even go far by using a specialized phone to call their victims using their voice modified so the victims would not know who the hell the provokers are.
Okay, what's the solution?
That's simple. For me, as a veteran (Ceh!) who has multiple Facebook and a blog (This one!), there's only four steps for you to make sure these stupids won't mess up your lives, possibly saving your lives from suicide hell.
1. Stay away from the ICT stuffs. If you don't, they'll tail you forever.
2. If you think you're brave enough, hack them. If you find them, you'll know what to do. Follow your instinct
3. Delete them from your friend list. If not, delete your account permanently. Don't worry, it's free to sign up Facebook right?
4. If all these fail, one suggestion : Consult to experts. They consist of parents, teachers, and POLICE. These people will make sure there's heaven for you and a permanent hell for those who thrash your life.
Well that's all for today. I hope these simple things would give us some insights about cyber-bullying. There's a lot of things I would like to stress out about this, but times running out. Moreover, it's already night time in Sabah, and I felt sleeeeeeppy. My apologies if some of my words above looked 'offensive', but that's the truth about these people who never think how precious you can be.
Okay then, see you next post.
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| Ryan Halligan Patrick (18/12/1989 - 7/10/2003). For the father of this child would might be reading this blog post, I would like to convey my condolence. May your son rest in peace for the better world. |
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