Anonymous Post responsible for suicides?

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An article from mashable.com, revealed that a Kentucky congressman is trying to require that all post on the Internet be identified and that anonymous posts would become illegal. This seems like a good idea to hold everyone accountable for what they say, but really its a poor attempt to correct a problem that is not reversible. This is in response to multiple suicides as a result of on-line bullying, which seems like a very strange topic in itself. the article’s author claims that the idea of banning anonymous posting is really impossible and ultimately not easily enforceable.

What i see in the article and why it really sparked my attention , is that people are blaming technology for tragic events, when really its the people that are causing problems. Trying to stop suicides because of on-line bullying sounds good, but can on-line bullying really be blamed for suicides? I think this is another situation where people need to step out of the digital realm and really analyze what happened hear. I don’t know all of the facts about these suicides, but something tells me that it had a lot more to do with an individual than the Internet.

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