ferretchucker
05-29-2011, 05:12 PM
Not mine - I'm not involved in any way, in fact. I accepted a random add who happens to go to my old school (a few years younger) and has a fair few friends in common. Well, in the last 24 hours or so he's received in excess of 100 comments on his facebook wall, each one averaging about 30 comments of equal hatred. These are literally some of the most scathing comments I've seen on Facebook.
The reason?
The boy told people his mother has cancer - not sure how long he kept it up, but it's just become apparent that he was lying. It seems he did so to get attention of some sort. Either way, he has shit heaps of hate coming his way. Understandable that people would be annoyed, but the level of abuse he's had includes;
Death threats and threats of other kinds.
Death wishes
Homophobia (often thrown in with other comments)
And there is a LOT of it. What I wanted to know is your opinions. I personally think what he did was absolutely sick and has absolutely no justification. He'll suffer for it, and karma really will get revenge. But then again...the thing that people keep going to is that "loads of people really DO have cancer" and "think of everyone who's truly effected by it".
Has he really done anything against them? He's not given anybody cancer. He's not detracted from the attention and sympathy that those people get.
Essentially, I'm not sure where I stand on this. I feel for the kid - he's about 12 and he's got more anger and abuse aimed at him right now than I think I've ever seen for somebody who wasn't an athlete or politician. He made a sick lie, but that's all it was. A bit of an attention seeking stunt. The subject matter is serious, and it's cruel to twist people's emotions like that...
Also, he should have more respect and love for his mother than he clearly does.
So yeah, what are you guys thoughts on this? I know obviously nobody will CONDONE the lie, I think basically all of us - and the rest of the population - have been affected by cancer in some way. But do people need to air their hatred for him? Has what he's done had enough of a negative effect that it denotes this backlash? I personally think he should be left alone - not in the sense of "cease abuse". Well, that, but everything else. People should just not have the time of day for him. I wouldn't want to be friends with him! People have no real need to voice their opinions on him, but they shouldn't show him any kindness either. Just leave him well and truly alone.
The reason?
The boy told people his mother has cancer - not sure how long he kept it up, but it's just become apparent that he was lying. It seems he did so to get attention of some sort. Either way, he has shit heaps of hate coming his way. Understandable that people would be annoyed, but the level of abuse he's had includes;
Death threats and threats of other kinds.
Death wishes
Homophobia (often thrown in with other comments)
And there is a LOT of it. What I wanted to know is your opinions. I personally think what he did was absolutely sick and has absolutely no justification. He'll suffer for it, and karma really will get revenge. But then again...the thing that people keep going to is that "loads of people really DO have cancer" and "think of everyone who's truly effected by it".
Has he really done anything against them? He's not given anybody cancer. He's not detracted from the attention and sympathy that those people get.
Essentially, I'm not sure where I stand on this. I feel for the kid - he's about 12 and he's got more anger and abuse aimed at him right now than I think I've ever seen for somebody who wasn't an athlete or politician. He made a sick lie, but that's all it was. A bit of an attention seeking stunt. The subject matter is serious, and it's cruel to twist people's emotions like that...
Also, he should have more respect and love for his mother than he clearly does.
So yeah, what are you guys thoughts on this? I know obviously nobody will CONDONE the lie, I think basically all of us - and the rest of the population - have been affected by cancer in some way. But do people need to air their hatred for him? Has what he's done had enough of a negative effect that it denotes this backlash? I personally think he should be left alone - not in the sense of "cease abuse". Well, that, but everything else. People should just not have the time of day for him. I wouldn't want to be friends with him! People have no real need to voice their opinions on him, but they shouldn't show him any kindness either. Just leave him well and truly alone.