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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Online Bullying a Public Health Threat, Says CDC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anonymity has to be one of the biggest factors in any form of cyber bullying or flaming or hate speech.  When insecure, hateful people are given the opportunity to act without the possibility of personal responsibility, they take it to extremes.  It's a form of cowardice.  They would never say to anyone face-to-face the things they write online, because they would be chastised and humiliated and scorned.  But online, their personal demons are given free reign, to the annoyance of the rest of us.  When our children are targeted, the effect is much worse, since most kids don't have the maturity to realize that cyber bullies are saying much more about their own character than the people they are bullying.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JT Compton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 27th 2008 1:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Online Bullying a Public Health Threat, Says CDC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cyberbullying is not a health crisis unless the issue is that there are far too many sick minded people in society.  But even that is due to the rampant acceptance of immorality which is not a health crisis but does create one with the increase in mental and physical illness and disease.  Just as the childhood song goes "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"; people need to realize that spoken or written words don't cause harm unless you let thm.  So what if someone says something stupid on-line; unless an individual actually IS all of that stuff then there's nothing to worry about.  And let me guess the only reason why this is such a "crisis" is because some weak-minded insecure white girl took her life because her parents let her do whatever the heck she wanted to - including chat openly online with someone she didn't know.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 27th 2008 1:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Online Bullying a Public Health Threat, Says CDC]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/08/27/online-bullying-a-public-health-threat-says-cdc/</guid><description><![CDATA[You want to see perfect examples of Cyber-bullying take a look at any Engadget story's comments.<br><br>Sure the quick wit retort I am guilty of - especially to the less mentally inclined. But It gets real nasty, real quick.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MadMike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 27th 2008 5:06PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
