01-07-2013, 01:35 PM
(01-06-2013, 08:48 PM)NightOwl Wrote:This was the case with what happened at my school. third parties from the suspects were intimidating supporters of the victims and then people who would witness that would get threatened. It was a real cluster fuck. I really feel bad for this girl and her family and again social media plays such a big part in this because even though the crime is horrific itself, social media blows it up and this case is now known by many. At my school the girl this happened to told me she appreciated people from other schools giving well wishes but it really bugged her that people who didn't know her knew everything about what happened because it was in the paper and then the suspects cut them out and passed them around school...like they were bragging. Maybe that was how social media worked back then, no Facebook or twitter... she eventually moved across country and said it just got to be too much. I hope this young lady gets some counseling and is able to handle all this one day in a healthy way....(01-06-2013, 07:11 PM)Sphincter Cop Wrote: I am curious about this divide in the community. Is it really spurred by facts in this case or rumor/innuendo?? It is quite possible that this incident is not as big as it seems, but rather isolated to those two individuals who were charged. However, I think this is going to explode once the trial starts!!!
This is a hard question to answer, some people are probably fearful of some kind of retaliation if they speak, I'm sure there is a divide and most of it will be from parents with sons on the ball team, coaches etc.,
I think this crime forum makes me rethink my idea of wanting children, not for the fear of what he or she would ever do to someone else but for the fear of what would happen to them when you can't be with them 24/7. I guess you hope that you raise them with the best tools to always know their surroundings, how to defend themselves, the things my parents always did repeatedly with me,etc... but that is not always good enough and doesn't always prevail... I just don't understand how people do these things to other people.