Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Blog#8 Bullied Canadian teen leaves behind chilling YouTube video

"Her YouTube video started out innocently enough. The Canadian teen, her face obscured from the camera, held a stack of cards each filled with messages in black marker." "At this point the viewer may have no idea that they are about to be led on the most agonizing journey, one that pushed the premier of British Columbia to issue a stern warning against bullying, a journey that has birthed a Facebook page with thousands of people commenting and many offering condolences." Amanda Todd's Story told a story that many of other young children may have been through, but are afraid to speak out. People on the web cam began to request her and complement her by saying everything any girl loves to hear. So one day she showed a guy her breast. The guy later threatened her and said if she didn't send more then he would show the pictures he already had. So I'm sure she did as he said because she probably didn't know any better. In the same token, the man still sent the pictures out which then got the police involved. "She was teased and felt as if she could never erase that photo. She started cutting, a form of self-injuring act that psychologists say is an impulse-control behavior that sometimes accompanies a variety of mental illnesses." Days later "Amanda Todd's body was found in her home, police in the Vancouver-area city of Coquitlam said. She took her own life.
Amanda was 15."
In this article several crimes are displayed. Bullying is a crime, child pornography, torment, resulting in a suicide. Todd was bullied, and disowned by friends because of what a young man did to her. Took pictures of her naked body and sent them out, which is a form of child pornography. Amanda felt as if she had no one, maybe her family, but no friends to stand by her in this time of need. She felt as if she was alone because people constantly picked on her and teased her because of the mistake that she made. As a result fifteen year old Amanda Todd killed herself. People often say that you don't need people as long as you have family or whatever, but in reality as a young person friends are a sense of security. If Todd would have had at least one person by her side that did not include family she may have thought twice about committing suicide.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/americas/canada-teen-bullying/index.html?iref=allsearch

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