Sunday, April 02, 2006

Internet "playing" field

Cyber bullying:

The days when a school bully would steal your lunch money or rough you up after dismissal seem almost quaint. Today, the Internet has become a playground where bullies are equally vicious - and far more difficult to detect.

Masked behind the anonymity of a screen name, cyberbullies feel they can say just about anything without getting caught. They post humiliating photographs and spread hateful rumors. They create polls in which classmates are nominated for degrading titles. They even threaten death.

And the beauty - or in this case, the horror - of the Internet is that the messages are right there for the world to see.

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