This song reminds me of the recent events in the news with a girl getting bullied. I think it is also a reflection of our culture in many ways and doesn't need to just pertain to kids. The sad thing is allegedly some girl died because of bullying recently. I won't say her name but you can look in the news. They hunted her down in school, they pursued her mercilessly on the internet, and everywhere she turned there was an insult of some kind aimed at her either directly or indirectly. It was said that allegedly her bullies and also the articles called them stalkers were to have said on a social networking site that they were happy that she was dead. Maybe it was their goal to get rid of her anyway? If you can imagine such a possibility of animalistic cruelty. It makes me angry that our society no longer values the rights of an individual and it has become a "Lord of the Flies" free for all. Allegedly the people involved were overheard at a party joking about how they lied to the police. Who really knows what occurred? Obviously something hideous and indecent. Its a sad indication of what is going on in our society today. Realistically though, this form of harrassment can happen to anyone. It can spiral out of control because there are people in this world who have that same vicious mentality. They are angry and wish to take it out on others. I think of her as being the strong one and not her alleged attackers. It takes a huge amount of courage to go through something like that even for one day, let alone the several months that she supposedly suffered through. It is an afflication that most of us can't even begin to imagine. Its sad to think what she could have done with her life, had a family and children of her own some day. We all have families that we love and care about and its sad we can't treat others with the same kindness and decency that we would our own. Someday our children will be out in the world and if we don't lead by example on how to treat others than there is no hope for our society.
This song reminds me of the recent events in the news with a girl getting bullied. I think it is also a reflection of our culture in many ways and doesn't need to just pertain to kids. The sad thing is allegedly some girl died because of bullying recently. I won't say her name but you can look in the news. They hunted her down in school, they pursued her mercilessly on the internet, and everywhere she turned there was an insult of some kind aimed at her either directly or indirectly. It was said that allegedly her bullies and also the articles called them stalkers were to have said on a social networking site that they were happy that she was dead. Maybe it was their goal to get rid of her anyway? If you can imagine such a possibility of animalistic cruelty. It makes me angry that our society no longer values the rights of an individual and it has become a "Lord of the Flies" free for all. Allegedly the people involved were overheard at a party joking about how they lied to the police. Who really knows what occurred? Obviously something hideous and indecent. Its a sad indication of what is going on in our society today. Realistically though, this form of harrassment can happen to anyone. It can spiral out of control because there are people in this world who have that same vicious mentality. They are angry and wish to take it out on others. I think of her as being the strong one and not her alleged attackers. It takes a huge amount of courage to go through something like that even for one day, let alone the several months that she supposedly suffered through. It is an afflication that most of us can't even begin to imagine. Its sad to think what she could have done with her life, had a family and children of her own some day. We all have families that we love and care about and its sad we can't treat others with the same kindness and decency that we would our own. Someday our children will be out in the world and if we don't lead by example on how to treat others than there is no hope for our society.