Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying

[Metric1]

So you're saying that instead of eliminating bullying in schools we should all be encouraged to hide who we are and force ourselves to be somebody different so that we can fit in with people we may not actually like?

You gotta do what you gotta do to survive.

[Judas]

Update: Lady Gaga is going to meet with the President to discuss the creation of a new law that will make bullying illegal.

The past days I've spent reflecting, crying, and yelling. I have so much anger. It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones life.

Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 yrs old, took his life because of bullying. http://tinyurl.com/6e7n49s. Bullying must become be illegal. It is a hate crime.

I am meeting with our President. I will not stop fighting. This must end. Our generation has the power to end it. Trend it #MakeALawForJamey

@ladygaga

You gotta do what you gotta do to survive.

But do you not think it would be better if that kind of awful attitude towards bullying was just abolished completely? It's not acceptable.

The speculation in this thread is unreal. How do you all know that this story is how it seems? Granted, a young life was taken at the end of the day which is sad, but how do you all know that he wasn't an attention seeking little **** that asked for it? If he was getting bullied so much for "wearing Lady Gaga t-shirts to school every day", why didn't he stop wearing them?

I'm not trying to be pedantic or rude but as the saying goes, there's two sides to every story.

R.I.P anyway though, pal. Such a young life lost is a tragedy.

It wasn't just the shirts you fool it was mainly because of his sexuality, but also because all of his friends were girls and he wore Gaga+Paramore shirts, so people made fun of him.

[FlyingJesus]

You can't make bullying illegal, it's impossible to regulate that steadily. Gaga just loves to think of herself as a fighter for the little guy, when really she just spouts nonsense. "Love yourself whoever/whatever you are" ok cool what if I was born to bully people cheers for your support Gaga

[Judas]

Obviously bullying will never completely be eradicated but clearly something has to be done. And obviously nothing thus far has worked, as cases like these are happening far too regularly, so if you have to aim for extreme targets like she is doing, then why not? "Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling, aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."

And no one was "born to bully" don't even say such ridiculous things lol. It's about tolerance levels, and something needs to happen to ACTUALLY raise the awareness, not these petty little campaigns that come and go in schools and do **** all.

[FlyingJesus]

No-one was born to be an utter freak either but Gaga seems to believe that we're somehow created with personalities already there, so if that's true it logically follows that some were born to do bad things

[beth]

how can you make bullying illegal? ha. i love gaga but sometimes she spouts such crap. we all bully someone at some point of our life, it's human nature. i do think some people are born to have a social status than others and whether that leads to bullying the people of a lower social status or not, i dunno.

[Metric1]

It would be next to impossible to abolish bullying in schools, you may think you're getting rid of it but the truth is you're just driving it underground. If you don't want to be bullied, don't do stuff that fuels the fire.

[dbgtz]

bullying = harassment = illegal? I always thought it was that...

[Sharon]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...?newsfeed=true

what good is that even going to do... except boost her ago as obama will just do something cos she asked.

think about how many people protest and campaign against bullying, do you see obama meeting them? once again using her status to try and "do something"

[Stephen]

i swear a few days ago you tweeted saying good that she was going to meet him