How To Say That Cyberbullying Is Not A Crime

Did you know that 1 in 3 teens admitted to being a victim of cyberbullying? Cyberbullying may be a problem, but it certainly isn’t a crime. Many people believe cyber bullies should be prosecuted for their wrongdoings, but there are many different reasons that show they shouldn’t; to list a few, hurting someone’s feelings isn’t, and never will be an offense, also, being cyberbullied can be avoidable.

First off, hurting somebody’s feelings shouldn’t even be thought as a crime. Moreover, as stated in passage 2, “...the idea that hurt feelings justify criminal prosecution at all is an offensive use of the criminal justice system…”. For example, as also stated in passage 2, “The idea that one could be criminally prosecuted for refusing to allow someone to join, say, a guild in a video game, is preposterous.” In other terms, removing someone, or declining someone access to join a group or clan in a video game should never be considered a crime of any degree. “Hurting someone’s feelings-even in real life- never justified criminal prosecution”, and should never justify criminal prosecution.

For instance, you can just stop using the internet, or electronics as often as usual, or even block the user if possible. To go more in depth, “Children should be educated to manage and avoid offensive situations on the internet.” Children need to learn how to stop taking things to offense, especially if it is through, say, a computer screen. The hateful comments could also be ignored in general. As stated in passage 2, “If the child in question can’t handle that, (offensive situations on the Internet) they should not use the Internet. It’s that simple.” If the situation could be avoided easily, there is no need of prosecuting the person making the hateful