Amanda Todd. RIP.

hassan26
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I'm the only one that feels bad?
Amanda Todd. RIP
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  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    Who?
  • stacyhall79
    stacyhall79 Posts: 91
    you're not the only one...absolutely heartbreaking :(
  • slindsey137
    slindsey137 Posts: 214 Member
    I just saw something about her. She is in the UK, I believe. The newest in a long list unfortunately.
  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 653 Member
    Who?

    Me too ??
  • stacyhall79
    stacyhall79 Posts: 91
    Who?

    http://abcnews.go.com/International/bullied-teen-amanda-todd-leaves-chilling-youtube-video/story?id=17463266
  • JLand918
    JLand918 Posts: 156
    Ah yes I read about it, horrible how kids in current society have no idea how to interact with other people...sadly I feel the overflow of technology example:twitter,facebook are to blame..kids dont go outside anymore they dont know how to enjoy being around a campfire on a camping trip with other kids anymore now its all videogames,online chatting etc.
  • JuniperT
    JuniperT Posts: 394 Member
    She was 15 years old and from British Columbia Canada. It's horribly heartbreaking that someone was made to feel so alone and ashamed of who she was. I truly hope the other kids involved are held accountable and that someday her family will be able to find some peace.
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    I DO NOT condone suicide, however, it is REALLY horrible that she was so bullied she felt no other option. She even asked for help, is what they say, and no one got her any help. Her parents should be ashamed of themselves. Bullying is a horrific thing and it needs to stop.
  • Darkskinned88
    Darkskinned88 Posts: 1,177 Member
    I'm sure to offend (this is the internet after all) but while i feel bad for her family, i feel like we shouldn't glorify what she did. Going from a bullied outcast to a social media darling albeit posthumously sends the wrong message to others in her same position. The last thing we need is people trying to become the next Amanda Todd
  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 653 Member
    jut googled. very sad indeed. Not even had a chance to become who she might have at that age :o(
  • allisonrozsa
    allisonrozsa Posts: 178 Member
    This tells all about her and the video she posted as a cry for help last month. Kids and adults alike are being battered and beaten in ways that the world has never seen before and it's all become considered OK because it's on the internet. The internet does not make you invincible and hurts more than ever because it's shared with millions of people.

    http://musicjunkiepress.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/amanda-todd-did-not-deserve-to-die-bully-no-more/
  • Memerulez
    Memerulez Posts: 10
    It is so sad to think that she believed that was her only out. The children or adults responsible for the bullying need to be held accountable. 15 is an awkward age to be anything but true to yourself, whomever you feel you are then. Ridicule is no way to treat another human ever! I hope she is at peace. I am praying for her family.
  • BrownEyedGrrl
    BrownEyedGrrl Posts: 144 Member
    I just saw something about her. She is in the UK, I believe. The newest in a long list unfortunately.

    Canada, actually. So sad
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Yes I feel bad, it went way too far. I think so many teenagers feel really alone like her, but to have the added problems of being harassed and humiliated from what she did, that was too much.
    However, I think that sending an exposed pic of her chest was careless on her part and her parents probably should have been a little more involved in what she was doing online, going in chat rooms and such.
    At any rate, that was a terrible thing to have happen. I don't wish anyone to feel that way about themselves.
  • hassan26
    hassan26 Posts: 37
    I feel like a ****, idk no why. Its kills me to see young peolpe die. and for people how dont understand me, You dont no what it is like to be bullied!
  • allisonrozsa
    allisonrozsa Posts: 178 Member
    He parents did try to get her help, but unfortunately, the kids continued to bully and beat her (verbally & physically) even when she got counselling and moved 3 or 4 times. This is not a case of parent neglect, it is a case of peer abuse.
  • becs_91
    becs_91 Posts: 180 Member
    Very sad.
  • MiSo_SeXy
    MiSo_SeXy Posts: 210 Member
    I do feel bad, she made bad choices as teens do, but the treatment she received
    was horrible, where were the adults in all this.

    R.i.p Amanda
  • MarlinWil
    MarlinWil Posts: 119 Member
    Thank you, Stacyhall, for posting the link for us to check out. It breaks your heart. She really did seem like a beautiful girl, and it is utterly tragic that a young girl was pressured by a stranger to expose herself at a young age, and then suffered nothing but hate ever after. How many mistakes have we all made at that time in our lives? Big, little, for whatever reason. Not being allowed to move on from them would have been awful, and would have been a waste of a lesson.

    Poor little girl, she could have been and done so much, and instead she is no longer here. What a waste and what an awful end to an awful period in her life. Hopefully all those involved learn a lesson, and it teaches others to be a little less cruel.

    Thank you for posting this thread. Amanda, you were a precious child, and deserved better. Wish we could have all told you this ourselves.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    He parents did try to get her help, but unfortunately, the kids continued to bully and beat her (verbally & physically) even when she got counselling and moved 3 or 4 times. This is not a case of parent neglect, it is a case of peer abuse.

    ^This.

    I heard about her story a while back, but haven't been able to bring myself to watch the recent video yet.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    Thank you, Stacyhall, for posting the link for us to check out. It breaks your heart. She really did seem like a beautiful girl, and it is utterly tragic that a young girl was pressured by a stranger to expose herself at a young age, and then suffered nothing but hate ever after. How many mistakes have we all made at that time in our lives? Big, little, for whatever reason. Not being allowed to move on from them would have been awful, and would have been a waste of a lesson.

    Poor little girl, she could have been and done so much, and instead she is no longer here. What a waste and what an awful end to an awful period in her life. Hopefully all those involved learn a lesson, and it teaches others to be a little less cruel.

    Thank you for posting this thread. Amanda, you were a precious child, and deserved better. Wish we could have all told you this ourselves.

    Really well said, thanks for sharing that.
  • Rhia55
    Rhia55 Posts: 247
    Terrible. I was also bullied in school, but not nearly this badly. All because of Facebook... I really think that thing should be adult only.
  • ElementalEscapee
    ElementalEscapee Posts: 552 Member
    I feel sympathy for her. I also feel sympathy for all the other people all over the world who die every day from factors they can't control such as poverty and water shortages. For some reason a lot of people are crying over this one girl they don't even know, thinking they know her based on her videos/articles on her, but then those same people don't give two sh*ts about the kids elsewhere starving to death and everything else. This seems like just another bandwagon for white knights to leap upon, just like Kony 2012 or the whole Adalia Rose scene. Inb4"omgsocold-hearted".
  • LateNightP
    LateNightP Posts: 10
    Just watched the video :/ Poor girl. Can't believe people can do such things...
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    However, I think that sending an exposed pic of her chest was careless on her part and her parents probably should have been a little more involved in what she was doing online, going in chat rooms and such.

    If she did it on webcam, she may not have considered that he would be able to get a picture from it. Some girls do those things because they think it will make people like them. I have a friend that went through a phase like that, she sent pics of herself in her underwear to my friend (now her boyfriend), the boy showed them to her mom. Even that only helped for a while.

    I wonder why they haven't done anything about people having a picture of an underage girl. They even had it up on facebook!
  • GypsysBloodRose26
    GypsysBloodRose26 Posts: 341 Member
    That is so sad. :-/
  • AimersBee
    AimersBee Posts: 775 Member
    I grew up in the area of where she went to school. Sad story, I feel for the loved ones and may she RIP. I think the reason why this story blew up so much is because she had her video on youtube just 3 weeks prior. Unfortunately there are still people bullying her even though she's gone (on facebook pages, etc).
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    I'm sure to offend (this is the internet after all) but while i feel bad for her family, i feel like we shouldn't glorify what she did. Going from a bullied outcast to a social media darling albeit posthumously sends the wrong message to others in her same position. The last thing we need is people trying to become the next Amanda Todd

    I understand your point, but I don't see any glorification of suicide in this girl's story, just sadness that she really found no other way to go on...I have seen a few news stories that should bring some attention to the topic of suicide prevention (not just bullying). When I was in high school, I had two classmates commit suicide, one during sophomore year and one the day before our senior year started...very different situations, but as far as I remember there was no glorification or any copycatting. It was a different time period though, way before the internet or social media...
  • HoleeSmoke
    HoleeSmoke Posts: 2
    May God Bless her poor little soul.......
  • YasminBx
    YasminBx Posts: 2
    I completely agree with you and think the same, 100%!!

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