HOPE

[Rockport24]

yeah this chit is just horrible. I know the lawyers are having a field day with the one that happened in South Hadley. You'd think after the whole columbine thing, poeple would have got the idea to back off, but the group mentality to bully someone is just so strong with kids.

[FishermanTim]

With the "supposed" anonymous approach to a lot of these social networks, people (kids AND adults) can and will say just about anything they want without regard as to who they affect.

Somehow their mental "filters" either get turned off, or burned out, and they start talking crap.

Also, with the shift from actually talking to each other, even a simple TYPED comment can be misread and start a cyber-war over nothing.

...and my brother wonders why I don't want to get on Facebook, Twitter or any other online waste-my-time site!

(at least here we can talk about IMPORTANT issues, like the spring and fall runs!!)

[Raven]

well take for example the plug swiper at the fest....

his pic coulda been broadcast over the NET instantaneously

and all the ramifications would have followed....

it could have been on thousands of peoples PC's in a matter of minutes....
getting re-posted and re-posted

thats why something has to be done. for the kids that is.

there is no more LOCAL