{"id":4447,"date":"2012-10-16T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T17:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2024-01-18T09:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:48:52","slug":"todd-bullied-even-after-her-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/10\/16\/todd-bullied-even-after-her-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd bullied even after her suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the tragic death of Amanda Todd, a young BC girl who recently committed suicide after being bullied, many have claimed that she deserved it based on some of her alleged actions. This is a logical fallacy and it\u2019s time for people to reevaluate their current perspectives on what justifies bullying, as well as how we as a\u00a0society should react to bullying.\u00a0Anything Todd allegedly did before her death doesn\u2019t justify the bullying and torment that led this young girl to take her own life.<\/p>\n

In logic, presenting an argument that doesn\u2019t address the issue in question, but instead draws attention to a new issue, is called ignoratio\u00a0elenchi<\/em>, or the fallacy of distraction. This is exactly what is happening here; detractors are using accusations that Todd had been indecently exposing herself online to draw away from, and, to some extent, even justify the anguish she ensued, and her subsequent suicide.<\/p>\n

This diverts people\u2019s attention from what has occurred, which is something that we, as a society, need to be examining and making a conscious effort to amend: someone was bullied, teased, and shamed, and, as a result of that, has committed suicide. No matter what she or anyone else has done, the fact that people are driven to suicide by bullying, and it becomes their only means of escape, should never be an accepted verdict.<\/p>\n

Standing by idly as people try to legitimize the actions of the bullies does nothing but reinforce this idea that berating and demoralizing a fellow human being is acceptable. Unfortunately, this isn\u2019t an isolated case. Statistics Canada shows that suicide rates have increased in all people under the age of 30 since 2006.<\/div>\n
This empirical evidence demonstrates the epidemic of youth suicides that have plagued the Canadian population for over half a decade. If this trend is to be stopped, society will have to band together and make a conscious effort to change the attitudes and norms that people hold towards the victims of bullies, regardless of any external variables.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the tragic death of Amanda Todd, a young BC girl who recently committed suicide after being bullied, many have claimed that she deserved it based on some of her alleged actions. This is a logical fallacy and it\u2019s time for people to reevaluate their current perspectives on what justifies bullying, as well as how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-views"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t