Rise of Cyber Bullying -pg 115- RD may 2008

From the article i feel strongly that ,bullying is no longer child's play anymore. Cyber-bully can cause more harm then physical bully in this case however, it even causes death.Due to the improvement and advancment in technology, bullies tend to bully many others through the net. Cyber-bullying by definition means a deliberate, repeated, and hostile act by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.In short ,a cowardy act, many tend to pose themselves as anonymous people,prank calling the victims continuosly, disturbing the victim's private life. Some chose to send threatful messages, post embrassing photos of victims on the net, or sexual remarks that hurt the victim psychologically. The bully may prank the victim for pure fun , posing as someone else and engaging in conversation with the victims through the net with the ultimate goal to embarrass the victim. The act of the bullies will cause the victims to be scarred for life. Maybe for primary reasons,it is for pure fun. But when things go overboard, no one can undo what is done. Everyone deserved to be loved and cared for, such act could be deemed cruel and unfair. Defaming others, spreading untruth personal secrets, not only will hurt the victims,it could cause them to lose their friends and family due to the untruth secrets. Parents knowing that their child is bullied, they might feel that it is their fault that result in the hurt of their children. The victims will feel even helpless , knowing that the ones destroying his life are the people they love and cared for and keep the problem they are facing to themselves. However, i feel that these cases could be avoided or prevented by doing some measures. Examples are, not
expose too much personal information to others through the net. Nobody should trust anyone through the net. Nobody should think that they can meet close friends through the net, in the end they might hurt themselves. Nobody should believe anonymous news. If anyone feels pressurized from what anyone have done to he/she, he/she should report or share with their close ones. These might prevent some cases of cyber-bullying from taking place easily. The all-convenient computer that most of us posses could be a ferocious weapon if used in a wrong way, therefore, people should learn the right way to use a computer and people should stop using the computer to harm people.