Topic : 01/21 Real Life Gossip Girls

TALK IS CHEAP JUST LIKE THE PEOPE WHO SPREAD IT.

GOSSIP IS CHEAP TALK.  IF YOU CAN NOT SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEONES FACE THAN

YOU SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

I DID NOT RAISE MY KIDS TO BE BIBLE THUMPERS, BUT I DID RAISE THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL

OF THEMSELFS AND OTHERS.   THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT LIKE EVERYONE AND THAT NOT EVERYONE WOULD LIKE THEM BUT THEY DID HAVE TO BE TOLERANT AND KIND.

watcing show now,  first segment,  good advice to girls,  but  .... that's gona take time and probably therapy and  why wasn't that offered??? or ackowledged?  and then....posting nude photos...if it was an adult, the fbi would of been there with charges of child porn...now.. why not the same consequences for these girls..and for them to be reinstated on cheerleading team....WRONG...

now....address....this technology should not be anonymous...would you say that if your face was there saying it??and people knew it was your comment...accountability...necessary,,,but not there..sad that people are cruel and technology should not promote cruelty,,,,

define gossip???talk of what happened and that's ok...  lies,,,not ok...let's talk and share and perpetuate positive talk about people....and we'd feel better about ourselves for doing it....see my site  on my space...tired of the hype....join in!

Those girls should have been kick out of that school.If they did it once they will do it again.  Where are the police in all of this. I think charges should be filed against both of these two disrespectful and sick girls. I think both of  these girls need to learn a hard lesson. This school or school district should be sued. For not taking action on this matter.

I will admit that "on paper" myspace sounds like a very cool idea.  It's pen pals...amplified!  How great is that?  HOWEVER, as a teacher of high school students I am firmly convinced that myspace and other online "communities" that seek to shrink the world and bring us all together, are nothing more than instruments that amplify the spinlessness of humans, becasue it takes the accountability out of communication.  It is used as an outlet for all that is evil and ugly and dark in people.  GET A JOURNAL...KEEP IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW...DON"T PUT IT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB! Why would anyone want to be a part of that? If that isn't bad enough, it...quite simply put...takes the work out of being a predator.  There is nothing valuable in these sites...yet.  I want to believe that the technology will catch up to the idea and someday there will be a safe and good way to get to know the world.  Right now, it is dangerous and ugly. 

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS NOT TO GOSSIP,THESE GIRLS  WILL ANSWER TO A HIGHER POWER THAN I,THEY JUST EMBARRASS ME TO THINK THAT THESE YOUNG WOMEN ARE GOING TO BE MOTHERS AND GRAND MOTHERS.....DR.Phill I REALLY DONT THINK YOU WEREHARD ENOUGH ON THAT ELIZABETH PERSON....

I dont usually write on these message boards however today's show really got to me. I watched as that poor girl was emotionally tortured by her so called friends. A teenage girl is already dealing with issues like body image, social image, trust or just trying to figure out themselves in this world and these girls played those major life changing issues like toys. I think they need to be taught the ramifications of their actions like the other girls in the latter part of the show. If you notice the girls that made those threats actually learned that it was not a light matter because of the punishment and difficulty that they had to endure. Since the parents, school and community are sending the “prankster” girls the message that it is no big deal maybe the law needs to teach them before the really go out there and hurt someone past the point of apology.

Telling victims of bullying to buck up and move on is really easy to do when it's not your naked picture that can end up on the internet. Take the same situation but make the picture taker an adult male and we're talking criminal act. Honestly, I think the girl who took the picture should be brought up on charges of child pornography. Anyone who then passed that picture on could be charged with being in possession of child pornography. This was a picture taken without consent. It was illegal. What are we teaching our children when we tell them they don't have the same rights as adults when it comes to things like this?

We are living in a different age. Kids are more likely to act on their impulses because they are not taught consiquences. Think of it this way. What should happen if an adult was bullied and harrased at work creating a hostile workplace? What if an adult were photographed naked without their permission and it was sent around the workplace? Should these adults buck up and move on or file charges?

As far a I'm concerned telling our children there are no consequences for the cruel attacks againsts them is just another way we devalue our children. Punishments should fit the crime but the key word here is "crime".