Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Another Case of Bullying

 This article about the young 14-year old boy Jamey Rodemeyer committing suicide from bully is a very sad and reoccurring event.  As it says in the article there is no law in New York State for bullying, and that is a huge problem.  If they do not try and put a stop to this it is going to continue.  Jamey for the most part had this problem his entire life, and just after starting freshman year at WIlliamsville North High School, he took his life.  The support he got from family and friends was not enough, even though they all thought he was strong enough.  Kids in his school made anonymous slurs to him on a social-networking website called formspring.  Jamey made some videos on YouTube trying to help other kids with his same problem with bullying, and hopefully his ideas and positive thinking have helped other people.  Jamey killed himself after writing a final farewell.  Lady Gaga has been attempting to help out in this situation as well.  It was only fitting that Lady Gaga being Jamey's idol and favorite singer.  She tweeted about it and said that she personally would like to speak to the president to try and stop bullying and make a law for it in New York State.  The police are trying to investigate and trying to figure out if there should be any consequences to the kids who may possibly be involved in the death of Jamey.  Since bullying is not illegal in New York, they have to check how old they are.  Pending on if the kids involved are 16 or older will decide if they even have a chance at going to juvenile court or not.  Bullying is an awful thing and must be stopped as soon as possible.  Maybe if they are able to make a law about bullying then there will be a stoppage in it.

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