Post by rosaiga38 on Nov 16, 2011 23:58:21 GMT -5
Recently, many schools in America have started to implement many laws in order to eliminate the crisis of bullying. Unfortunately, there have been many bullying situations leading to suicide. The main goal is to reduce the amount of bullying by keeping a close watch on students in school. However, these laws will not be able to address the crisis from school. In fact, bullying rarely ever occurs on school grounds anymore. These laws require any bystander to report any act of bullying. It is possible that a teacher or student could interpret a playful gesture as an act of bullying. By initiating these anti bullying laws, society is attempting to gain control of the crisis; consequently, a tyrannical consensus has formed in the process.
Society’s intention to establish a safe environment by controlling or manipulating the crisis creates fear within the students. In September 2010, a cyber bullying tragedy occurred in Rutgers University. Tyler Clementi, a former student at Rutgers, had committed suicide because Dharun Ravi, also another former student, had posted a video of Clementi’s intimate encounter with another man. Rutgers had immediately claimed that this was an act of cyber bullying. However, Ravi had said that he was afraid of his ipad being stolen. Ravi was not homophobic nor did he have any desire to harm his roommate. Ravi recorded the video to see if his belongings were being tampered with. Although it is a tragic loss, it is immoral to accuse Ravi of partaking in this crisis. If bullying had not been such a large crisis, this event could have been viewed as a suicide and only that. By intensifying the severity of this event, society has contributed to the tyrannical consensus. Students are won’t interact with homosexuals because students are afraid that they can be involved in a hate crime. Because of the tyrannical consensus, some homosexual individuals won’t even openly acknowledge their sexual orientation.
The purpose for establishing anti bully laws is to eliminate bullying; however, without addressing what an act of bullying is, a tyrannical consensus is formed. In New Jersey, the anti bully laws require faculty and students to report any bullying that occurs. In spite of that, without defining the severity of a bullying event, there is tyranny between students. For instance, if a teacher were to see too friends shoving each other, they could get in serious trouble. This tyranny can prevent the youth from social growth and could cause isolation.
The repeated attempts to create a bully free environment in which the crisis is eradicated, has produced a tyrannical consensus in American schools. It must be recognized that there will never be a realistic solution to eliminate the crisis without creating tyranny of some sort. When one type of bullying is abolished, another will evolve. The fact that the anti bullying laws are targeting school bullying is pointless because most bullying occurs outside of school. Society needs to open their eyes and realize that bullying is an issue that can never be completely solved, but creating impractical laws adds to this crisis.
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www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/dharun-ravi-and-tyler-cle_n_954585.html
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/bullying-law-puts-new-jersey-schools-on-spot.html?pagewanted=all[/move]
Society’s intention to establish a safe environment by controlling or manipulating the crisis creates fear within the students. In September 2010, a cyber bullying tragedy occurred in Rutgers University. Tyler Clementi, a former student at Rutgers, had committed suicide because Dharun Ravi, also another former student, had posted a video of Clementi’s intimate encounter with another man. Rutgers had immediately claimed that this was an act of cyber bullying. However, Ravi had said that he was afraid of his ipad being stolen. Ravi was not homophobic nor did he have any desire to harm his roommate. Ravi recorded the video to see if his belongings were being tampered with. Although it is a tragic loss, it is immoral to accuse Ravi of partaking in this crisis. If bullying had not been such a large crisis, this event could have been viewed as a suicide and only that. By intensifying the severity of this event, society has contributed to the tyrannical consensus. Students are won’t interact with homosexuals because students are afraid that they can be involved in a hate crime. Because of the tyrannical consensus, some homosexual individuals won’t even openly acknowledge their sexual orientation.
The purpose for establishing anti bully laws is to eliminate bullying; however, without addressing what an act of bullying is, a tyrannical consensus is formed. In New Jersey, the anti bully laws require faculty and students to report any bullying that occurs. In spite of that, without defining the severity of a bullying event, there is tyranny between students. For instance, if a teacher were to see too friends shoving each other, they could get in serious trouble. This tyranny can prevent the youth from social growth and could cause isolation.
The repeated attempts to create a bully free environment in which the crisis is eradicated, has produced a tyrannical consensus in American schools. It must be recognized that there will never be a realistic solution to eliminate the crisis without creating tyranny of some sort. When one type of bullying is abolished, another will evolve. The fact that the anti bullying laws are targeting school bullying is pointless because most bullying occurs outside of school. Society needs to open their eyes and realize that bullying is an issue that can never be completely solved, but creating impractical laws adds to this crisis.
(512)
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/dharun-ravi-and-tyler-cle_n_954585.html
www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/bullying-law-puts-new-jersey-schools-on-spot.html?pagewanted=all[/move]