Cyberbullying

This article addresses the growing threat in cyberstalking and cyberbullying. A girl sent a vulgar text message to another who ended up killing herself in Missouri. Missouri recently revised their harassment law to include harassment via cyber sources. 45 states have followed this trend, ever since a thirteen year old killed herself in California because her neighbor set up a fictitious Myspace account. They had a cyber relationship, and when the "boy" broke up with this girl, he said "The world would be a better place without you." The girl killed herself shortly after. The new revision has met a lot of criticism. Some people believe that the law is something that is very hard to enforce, and that what they are saying isn't illegal, but it is unethical and mean. Since the law took effect in Missouri, a few cases have started to pop up, but not an overwhelming amount.
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I don't really know how to feel about this law. For some cases I feel like it will be useful, but then so many trifle cases might pop up that really shouldn't be dealt with, and our court systems might get bogged down. I think everybody should learn some netiquette and respect each other. If the person can't say it to the other ones face, then they shouldn't be texting it or anything like that. The fake a boyfriend Myspace thing is just sick. Especially because the neighbor was a mom, and she caused the death of that girl. I would feel so guilty for the rest of my life, and feel like really lame for using Myspace as an adult. That lady should be ashamed, along with the texter. But I do feel that they didn't really break the law. It's to hard to enforce and unethical not so much illegal.