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{weblog_name} - Cyberbullying Destroys Lives
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It’s hard to turn on the television without hearing a report concerning another incident of Cyberbullying.  Case in point: the story of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, who took his own life by jumping off the George Washington Bridge on September 30 after his roommate and another student broadcast a very private moment virally over the Internet. Bullying is not something new – but now it is taking different and more insidious forms.  Cell phones and the Internet make it easier and more tempting than traditional face to face bullying. The potential audience is bigger and the impact far more devastating because something on the Internet is harder to erase than a mean comment left on the bathroom wall.  Also, the fact that the tormentors can remain anonymous encourages them to write things they would never say if their target… read more