In this article, prosecuters are deciding on filing bias-crime charges against two college freshmen accused of streaming online video of a classmate's sexual encounter with another man. 18-year-old Tyler Clementi had jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 22, 2010 after his classmates had posted a video of him having sex with another man. Clementi's roommate, Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, N.J., and Molly Wei, of Princeton, N.J., both 18, are charged with invasion of privacy, with the most serious charges carrying a penalty of up to five years in prison.
This is a very serious and upsetting story. Those two students should not have posted that video. That's not their business. Even if they only meant to humiliate Clementi for a practical joke, it had a serious effect on him. He committed suicide because he was so humiliated. I think that the two students that posted that video should be seriously punished. You can't do things like that and then get away with it. Even if they hadn't intended on hurting anyone they should have sat down and thought about how it would effect that Clementi kid. They knew that by posting that video that it would destroy that guys life, and for what? A couple of laughs? It's just so stupid. My mother always told me to treat others with the same respect that you expect from them. Those two students had no respect for Clementi's privacy at all. It's bullying, plain and simple. People are punished for it in school and now they are taking it to far on the net. It's may not be the internet that hurts people, but the people who use the internet as a tool for bullying should be put to justice! It makes me sick that people think it's funny to use things like U-Tube to post nasty things about other people. How would you feel if somebody caught a nasty embarrassing moment of you and posted it on U-Tube for the world to see? I would be mortified if someone did that to me. I defanitely would be really pissed off!
This is just so sad on a number of levels. It's hard to believe people would be so cruel as to put sexual video of any kind online, especially when it doesn't involve themselves. I think the two who put the video online needs to be held accountable for this tragedy. It just goes to show nothing goes unnoticed!!
ReplyDeletePS-- Holly thanks for the comment on my blog! I really needed to hear encouraging words today it means a lot to me!!!
This really is a sickening story. I understand that kids will play pranks on other kids but this one was to cruel. I also believe that these kids should be punished for their role in this horrific tragedy.
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