What a crock. It’s sad when our laws are so convoluted that someone can’t be prosecuted for causing the death of a child. And Michele Catalano,if that’s your real name, pontificates on the law being more important than Megqan Meier. An Adult causes the death of a 13 year old and Catalano thinks shunning is good enough. One would have to think Catalano is a liberal who belives that just because she would shun Lori Drew, that settles the case. But Lori Drew, will rationalize the death as not to be her resonsibility and what of others who play these kind of vicious games. If a slap on the wrist is all they have to worry about, we will see plenty more copy cat crimes. I suppose when children beat other children and then post the videoes on the web, Catalano thinks they shouldn’t be held accountable. Or when terrorists post messages or tutorials on how to kill people, we shouldn’t take any action because we wouldn’t want to infringe on the sacrosanctity of the web. The real problem here only touch on, in passing, by Catalano is that prosecutors didn’t take the time to find a good rationale for charging Drew. They didn’t work hard enough to find a reasonable enough way to make Drew bear responsibility for her dispicable actions. But that does not mean it wasn’t possible. The internet is a new universe that has its own set of interactions. We will need new laws to govern proper behavior. Those laws will have to be developed to address the crimes committed.
