Smart Cowards

 Why do people bully online? People bully online because their cowards. Well... smart cowards. No, their not smart just because they know how to work a computer no. They are smart because they are using their resources. 

Bullying is everywhere now. Sure bullying happened long before things like Internet, but it wasn't as severe as it is today! For example, before the Internet, a student could only be bullied at school, simple! Then the victim child would return home and confront his or her parents for comfort, and heal their wounds so to say. But now a student will return home go on the Internet to see that the same bullies, (and sometimes bullies he or she doesn't even know) have sent him or her hurtful Emails, messages, comments, private chat rooms, text messages, and any other ways of communication provided by the Internet.

A Rat

But why do bullies do it online. Its because they're safe, they're hiding from reality, hiding from forces of authority. People can get away with so much more now on the Internet than in real life. So people bully, its sick. Cyber bullies are rats. Rats that are afraid to to see the light of day, rats that are afraid to have any sense of decency, or any sense of kindness for humanity. Rats that hide behind their silver, flickering, screens. We see them everyday. On the outside people just see them as innocent little mice. But if we give them a computer, just look closer, and they've turned into rats. Then, it gets worse, they will try and deny it, saying " Well they just misunderstood me." then comes the part I really hate. It's where the bully is bullied back and then the cyber bully says to anyone listening "Boo hoo hoo, he hurt my feelings." and yet the cyber bullying rat still manages to bully others. Know what I hate more than a rat? It's a little pest called a hypocrite.     

Now comes the part that will bother some of us.
 Tell me. What would we do?

If we saw someone being bullied online? Would we stand up for that person? Or walk away?

What would we do?

   

What would we do if our friend was being, bullied. would we stand up, and shout out? or would we sit down and scoot away from our friend and deny knowing them?

What if we are the bullied? Would we be brave? Would we say something back? would we want to have enemies from saving ourselves and our friend?

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." 
Winston Churchill 

Or what if... What if we are the the bullies? What if we are trying to joke with someone, a friend, and inadvertently hurt them. Online we don't know if we hurt our friend. Although all we see is a flickering screen, behind it could be our dearest friend in tears from our accidentally hurtful comment that slipped out that we wound up typing out before thinking first about it. How bout we start thinking before we act before we do offend someone, especially a friend.  

So remember,  lets treat others how we want to be treated, nicely.