"CyberBully"

On Friday, November 4, 2011, I was browsing through the Netflix website, wondering if I could find any movies that could interested me. My eyes was embraced by the title of the movie, Cyberbully. Overall, I found this movie interesting, yet disturbing. Though I have never been a victim of Cyber bully, I was bullied a couple of times in reality, and I always enjoy watching movies that would relate to everyday life. I then decided to click on the movie, and watched it for fully less than two hours. After watching the whole movies, I then realized what made me feel so disturbed when watching the movies. It did not relate to the acting of the Actors and Actresses but certain scenes.

The most disturbing scene in the whole movie was when the mother of the daughter who was being bullied went up to the parents of one of the bullies. Instead of the father feeling that her daughter had a bad experienced on internet, he uses the First Amendment to protect his daughter's behavior. Whatever her daughter had said on the internet is her "Freedom of Speech." Just hearing him say that made me feel disturb and wonder how such a father could ever nurture a child to have proper manner. The Freedom of Speech does not mean anyone can say anything one want, because criticizing the government is a illegal. And so would calling someone a "bitch," "slut," or "Die, I would not even shred a tear" fall under the Freedom of Speech the U.S. government wanted their citizens to say. Freedom of Speech is given to the citizens in regard to have their voice heard when they found a law is unlawfully unfair, such as govern Walker's budget to stop the debts in Wisconsin.

The other disturbing scene was when the friend of the bullied caused the whole cyberbullying situation. She made a false account and wrote negatives things about her friend, such as her friend being infected with HIV. Her actions were the reason why her friend wanted to commit suicide. Though she felt regretful, she would not tell the about the situation until she found it easily to express. This type of friendship always made me feel angry and disappointed because I have experienced those situation from a friend before.

In all, I think cyberbully and bullying should be illegal in all states. For some reason, I feel that it is the cause for almost half of the suicides in the U.S. It made me remember reading about a girl who hanged herself after having heard enough negative comments about herself. Her name, I have forgotten, but her last name was Prince. One death should have shown the world how much negativity some people have for others, and though the bullied committed suicide, they did not feel so useless until somebody made them feel so.