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  • Essay / students who commit cyberbullying should be suspended...

    Desmand TuTu A South African social rights activist once said: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor, if an elephant has its paw on the mouse's tail, and you say you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Cyberbullying is a crime and people who do not take any action against this crime are also part of this crime. As Desmand TuTu also mentions that tolerating a situation of injustice is to harm yourself. Cyberbullying can be harmful in many ways, including: It can be more harmful than harassment, different mental problems can result from it, and the government has introduced many laws against cyberbullying. Students who commit cyberbullying should be suspended from school because cyberbullying causes many social and psychosomatic problems. Cyberbullying can be worse than harassment, it has more harmful effects. This can have lasting impacts on a person's life. “Cyberbullying is different from bullying because people can use the disguise of anonymity to harass their victim” (Scully, et al.). This can have life-threatening consequences and it can be more dangerous than bullying in some ways. In cyberbullying, most of the time people don't know who is bullying them or trying to hurt them, this can create more problems because it is not known from where. a bully is trying to blackmail or what he really wants? To what extent can they be proven dangerous to their victim? Or what types of damage can they cause? “A traditional bully is often taken out when a child arrives home, but cyber attackers can follow their victim online, tormenting them 24/7 in front of a much larger crowd. This can make children feel like there is no escape” (Saenz). Nowadays cel...... middle of paper ......y. NP, 2009. Web. April 3, 2014. .4.Mayer: Mayer, André. "Cyberbullying bill won't stop online taunting, critics say." CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, November 27, 2013. Web. April 3, 2014. .5.Saenz: Saenz, Aaron. "Bullying is moving online. Is there no escape for their victims? | Singularity Hub." Center of Singularity. Np, October 23, 2010. Web. April 3, 2014. .6.Scully, etal:Scully,Newhouse,Murray,Bates, Allison,Melissa,Pam, Sara. “Traditional versus cyberbullying.” -Cyberbullying. Np, and Web. April 1. 2014. .