Teens Indicted for Alleged Bullying Deaths

[The Mikado]

Ah, yes, the Irish girl story.

The suggestion that we need to start arresting and convicting children for pushing,teasing, shoving, kicking, and punching other students on a regular basis is absurd.

It's not tolerated in "the real world," why should it be tolerated among students?

Just try to go and punch one of your coworkers in the face and take his wallet and see how fast you get A. fired and B. prosecuted.

[The Mikado]

As weird as it is to find myself in agreement with opebo, he said it.  Saying that "the teachers" should discipline clearly criminal acts is putting a burden of responsibility on them that they shouldn't have to bear.  Are teachers deputized into the city police force when they get their license?  Of course not!

[The Mikado]

I live a mile away from South Hadley, so let me tell you first hand, it's getting bad.  It was bad in January, but it's really big now.  I'm glad to see this going national.  What those kids did caused the death of a 15 year old.  It's time that an example is made that when these kids bully, it can lead to alot of problems.

The problem is with that school.  The local news stories cover it; the administration knew about the problems in the school, and did nothing.  The teachers knew about the problems in the school, and did nothing.

Sad story.

I've been following it here:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3260274

I have never seen the goons of the Something Awful Forums be so empathetic about anything.