Second Response Question

Ok, this is the seconds blog post about bullying.

Response Question: It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”

What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?

What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?

How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?


Response: If i was in this situation as a bystander there would be several things I would do. First I would need to recognize who is involved in the scenario. Obviously the person who is being targeted is involved, but also the person who is using the program. Also, anybody that laughs or does not care about this is a participant. The rest are bystanders, sort of involved, but only if they choose to be. The issue here is that someone is imitating someone else, and they are saying things that are not respectful. It is not good if you are pretending to say inapropriate or something else by using someone elses mouth. I think that the obvious solution to this would be for all the people in the chat to impress upon whoever it is that it is not cool, nor is it respecting the person who is being targeted. Involving other people in this situation would be a bad move, just giving it publicity. I think that the 3 main characters would do something similar to this, but simply publicize it, and let everyone know that it is not cool, funny or anything else. Doing this is a horrible thing, which should be stopped.