Tradgey knows no bounds. Neither do most Bullies that cause it.
Today a jury just drew a few lines for them.
Ex-Rutgers student guilty of hate crime, invasion of privacy
by Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY -- Mar 16, 2012
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Dharun Ravi, 20, shook his head slightly after the guilty verdicts were read for all 15 counts, including bias intimidation, a hate crime, and invasion of privacy.
Ravi could be sentenced to prison and could be deported to his native India, even though he has lived legally in the U.S. for years.
Ravi's lawyer had argued that the college freshman was not motivated by any malice toward gays -- a necessary element to prove a hate crime -- and that his actions were just those of an immature "kid."
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As if bullying, was just horseplay, just "kidding around" -- as if that makes it OK?
Bullies just don't get it, do they?
The point of Bullying is to hurt someone weaker than you -- and that makes it wrong.
No matter what was guise the stronger one assumes ...
Tragedy knows no bounds. Sometimes Bullies set events into motion ...
that try as they will, they cannot set right again.
Mixed verdict in Rutgers webcam spying case
Tyler Clementi's death stirred discussion about bullying
by David Ariosto CNN -- Mar 16 2012
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His roommate, Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old freshman, killed himself in September 2010 by jumping off the George Washington Bridge, which spans the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, after learning that Ravi had secretly spied on his sexual encounter with another man.
Clementi's death stirred discussion about bullying, with Obama releasing a videotaped message less than a month later condemning it. A few months later, New Jersey legislators enacted stricter laws to better protect against bullying in schools.
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On September 22, 2010, Clementi took a train to New York and posted a mobile status update on his Facebook page that read, "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry," before killing himself.
Ravi had apparently tried to make amends with his estranged roommate that same night, according to text messages revealed in court.
"I've known you were gay and I have no problem with it," Ravi wrote said in messages sent after he apparently learned his roommate had requested a dormitory room change.
It is not clear if Clementi ever viewed the messages.
Bullying is wrong. Intimidation based on sexual orientation is wrong.
Hate is wrong.
And far too often, its tragic effects are final.
What the Bully does ... far too often often cannot be undone.
Try as they may, after the fact -- they discovery that their Hate has done its damage, to someone else who did not deserve it, to someone else who did them no harm.
And then on that day, the Bully hopefully discovers -- that it is they themselves, who are "the Bad guys" in the tragic story, of their own making.