deskpro2k3 said:
On facebook, 4chan had this to say on the matter.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/4chan/176890359032890
"Amanda Todd
Ok, well let's just get this all out of the way so you all can stop your bitching about this dead girl. A lot of what is posted in her video and on her page is fabricated to make her look like she was an angel. Think again.
1. She was 15 years old when she flashed those guys.
2. She did it out of her own free will. She CHOSE to do it.
3. She already flirted with many guys before.
4.
She got 'beat' up at school not because of the picture, but because she slept with another girl's boyfriend. (refer to #1)
5. The guy 'bullied' her once only about 6-8 months after she flashed online. Not multiple times over 2 years.
6. She was known to have slept with multiple men and to sell herself out.
7. Her home life wasn't the best. (family troubles)
You people who are giving her sympathy and pity should all be ashamed of yourselves. Instead of giving pity to a girl who already commited suicide, how about you talk to that lonely kid at lunch? Yea, the one who sits all alone in the corner. But no, you'd rather sit with your friends and then come home and get on facebook and say shit like 'Oh, how come no one helped poor Amanda, she's so pretty, why did she have to die'. FUCK YOU! Go crawl back in your shell of safety while the ones who really need help are only an arms length away.
We should be talking about the ones who were bullied and managed to survive through it all. The success stories. Because that's what gives kids hope, the ones who know what it's like to be in their shoes. The ones who have walked that road before and came out ok.
What kind of message does it send to impressionable teens that if you go ahead and kill yourself that you will get thousands of likes on a facebook page and everyone will feel sorry for you and give you attention? If you have any self respect for the future then you'd stop and think about where your morals are. If you're too confused with your emotions and common sense, then just get off the internet entirely. No one wants to read your idiotic comments and your emotion filled rage tantrums.
tl;dr Stop giving pity to a dead girl. Give it to the ones who deserve it."
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My reply to that 4chan statement would be:
1: Because noone makes mistakes at 15
2: Good for her
3: Again, good for her. I wish more girls were like her in that regard.
4: She suffered from tough times and was vurnerable. The boyfriend was hardly passive in this. He didn't have to cheat on his girlfriend with a troubled girl, yet he did. She got beat up, but what happened to that asshole boyfriend who took advantage of her?
5: So that makes it okay? Also, her friends abandoned her!
6: Some people are promiscuos some aren't. Saying it that way, like it's a bad thing is an insult to human decency. And in this case, her being depressed probably made her need human contact, especially if she had family troubles.
7: Doesn't justfy bullying.
I do agree with the final point though. Far too much energy is spent mourning the fallen instead of trying to save the ones who are still struggling. However, understanding the past is vital for controling the future. Maybe this will make people judge their future actions better.
