Devils advocate_ Lori Drew

Playing the devils advocate.
What Lori did was wrong, but she did not do it knowing that it would cause Megan to take her life.
C'mon now.
If teenagers killed themselves(adults even) everytime someone said something mean we would have a population of zero.
If it would have been two teenagers what would be the real difference? Megan still would have committed suicide. So are you mad at the death of the child, or the lack of judgement of the adult?
Lack of judgement itself is not a crime. Saying "the world would be better without you " is not a crime. Who's to say that the statement wasn't true? NOT THAT I AGREE, but maybe the world is better off...who knows for certain who the world could stand to do without my self included. One thing is for certain. Megan's parents suffered a loss but they did not do their best in preventing the situation. They obviously did not instill enough self worth or intelligence in the child. Whatever happened to the old saying "sticks and stones may break my bones but words'll never hurt me"? Ok maybe words will hurt but that just a part of life. Deal with it and move on. I can remember being 11,12,13... and being called everything under the sun! I can remember more than one occasion where someone told me they wished I was dead or they were gonna kill me, and even some occasions where I was saying something like that to someone else.Did I kill myself? No! Know why... goes back to the sticks and stone thing. Goes back to parents stepping in when they see something terribly wrong going on. Goes back to being taught self worth. Her parents were supposedly monitoring her Internet use. They knew she was on myspace underage (you have to be at least 14)...they had to... no they should have noticed her changing mood...then they should have put a stop to it themselves. I don't want to put all the blame on them but c'mon when are we gonna start being real Parents and take control of our children and really protect them?
A law banning internet bullying is an idea...not a good one. Are we gonna ban playgrould bullies? How about on the job? over the phone? Are we gonna pass a law that everyone smile and only say nice things? Be real. As humans we are mean by nature. We need to be thick skinned as well. To know that our lives are more valuable than the way anybody else feels or doesn't feel about it. And ultimately to teach this to our children.
Its really dis-heartening to read all the blogs and comments condemning the Drew's to death, exposing their personal information and what not. Considering you are doing the same thing you are accusing her of. Hypocrites to say the least.
And to Lori...you ought to be ashamed of yourself. As I suspect you are. Too bad the only sight that is truly 20/20 is hindsight.
To Megan's parents My deepest sympathy to you for your loss. Hopefully someone will learn something so it was not in vain.