| Aeolus451 said: I think that some of you are jumping the gun on this. It's speculation that she killed herself as a result of the vid unless there's actual proof to back it up. Societies for the longest time have used public shaming as a form of punishment that actually discourages bad behavior to a point. If it was used more widely, it would be more productive to society rather than just put people in jail. *video* Public shaming when it works. I bet she won't do that again.
Parents also use public shaming to punish their children especially if other forms of punishment aren't working. It works but sometimes it doesn't work so well. It's completely fine in of itself. Did the father take it too far? I don't know but it's not really up to public opinion if he should be punished for the suicide of his daughter. I think that losing his daughter in that way is punishment enough if he really pushed her to that point. |
Like somebody said, let the punishment fit the crime. And the person in that video was an adult. I've seen parents do that with their child, too and sometimes it is the best route to take. Sometimes, it's not. As a parent and a sibling, I know that even children raised in the same household have different needs and different levels of tolerance. There were things I could do to one sibling and she would laugh it off. Do the same thing to another and she would be traumatized! It's the parents job to know their child. My daughter is as shy and socially awkward as they come. She doesn't get a free ride but I have to be sensitive to the kind of person she is. There's also a level of accountablity on my part. She's fourteen and her own person but the person she is now is a direct result of the kind of parent I've been.
And, as with any situation with the media, lately--we don't have the full story. We only have the story they want to tell. I just know that these videos online of parents "shaming their child" have become more prevalent and, in some instances it seems the parent has the child's best interest in mind. In other instances, the parent seems to want to make themselves famous at their child's expense.
