Posted on 11/19/2007 10:11:44 PM PST by Ptarmigan
That would be one alternative, but neither of those is reasonable. Can you imagine the logistical nightmare of trying to run several fake accounts at once? And it seems unlikely that the Meiers would cover that up on behalf of their alleged tormenters. No, I think those were real accounts. It seems more likely that Josh was the only fake account, and the other kids were real kids telling their honest opinion about Megan’s behavior.
What astounds me is that parents who know their kids are being threatened, taunted, etc., online, don’t think of pulling the damn plug! I guess it’s basically the same mental paralysis that makes some parents keep sending their kids to a school that is giving their kids condoms, or isn’t teaching them to read, or where they are being bullied.
School is a hoax! A deadly, soul-killing, body-killing, expensive hoax. The longest-running, most expensive, and most successful hoax ever foisted on the American People.
Well, maybe this: I’d assume Megan listed off the names of the people who were her worst enemies. Of course they’d bad mouth her, and Josh’s puppeteers knew this. That only paints the Drews as the meaner.
Were they real, or were they Memorex?
Shoot, the Meiers probably thought that this penpal relationship with Josh was the best thing since sliced bread. No more worries about their moody daughter. Or so they thought. What if instead of a cruel hoax, he was a stalker? a rapist?
If she listed off her worst rivals first, then those could well have been real. Their answers may or may not have been “honest.” Honesty often falls by the boards in favor of clique loyalty at pubskewls.
Not just an American phenomenon. C. S. Lewis' painful memoirs of "Belsen" come to mind.
The point is they were real people making real comments. They weren’t made up by the Drews. If it was a conspiracy, why are the Meiers pretending it wasn’t? Why would they cover for all those kids?
“What astounds me is that parents who know their kids are being threatened, taunted, etc., online, don’t think of pulling the damn plug!”
How dare you inject common sense into the discussion! LOL! This kid was a psychological mess long before the on-line hoax took place, and this girl’s mother was nutz to allow this on-line romance to continue based on the alleged Josh never calling or coming over to meet with her daughter. How naive is that? This family I smell, was a mess also, as evidenced by the quick divorce that took place after their daughter’s death. As to the Drews, they tried to make overtures to discuss the matter, but were rejected. Who knows what their side of the story truly is. This whole thing smells. If I were the Drews, I’d pull up stakes, move out of town, and contemplate the dangers of the internet and their possible culpability on taking a bad joke too far.
Hey, I’m vehemently agreeing with you on this, cool your jets please. It would be logical that Megan listed off the kids she knew hated her the worst. And that the Drews then tipped off each such kid in turn, in real time, knowing exactly what would happen. I would not, however, have put it beyond the Drews to have created others as well. “Dunking stool” or one of the other things that Salem did to its “witches” comes to mind as an appropriate punishment for what the Drews did, either way.
: ) My jets are cool. I just don’t think the Meiers are painting an accurate picture of what happened. I think the bullying went both ways. And I think Megan’s mother was as involved as the other mother. I think both girls were pawns in a very ugly competition between their mothers. In any event, I don’t believe the Meiers version of events, because it just doesn’t add up.
What sort of loser adults talk to a 13 year old online for the sole purpose of harrassing her and making fun of her?
At the very least the Drews are not part of a bad joke. They are true scum.
Interestingly enough, they run a business out there. Talk about bad publicity to the extreme:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/PsQxK7u59fv1kPBVn7cvsw
The Drews are saying “well what about our story” but why none of it in the press? The press likes controversies, they sell copy.
Good grief...thank you for that...I thought I was the only sane person on this thread.
This child needed help years ago...hence the divorce; one parent probably wanted to get the poor thing some help while the other was in denial.
Pulling the kid out of school because she was being "bullied;" and years of depression (for a 13 year old...FGS) should tell you something.
If that wasn't enough; hacking up the foosball table should tell you everything you need to know about the parents.
The final telling fact: the lawyers won't touch it with a ten-foot-pole. You know they've shopped it around....the background info must be a doozie.
Precisely!
Maybe the girl had serious mental problems and the parents aren’t stable. That doesn’t make the adults on the other side who created a myspace account for the sole reason of attacking a 13 year old anything less than completely reprehensible.
Hacking up a foosball table shows an amazing amount of restraint IMO. I’m amazed there wasn’t a physical altercation.
I tried to find an earlier thread on this that had more detail as to what went on. I seem to recall that things were going fine with the whole Josh thing until the last day when Megan’s mom logged on for her. After a few minutes Megan was crying saying that “Josh” was “breaking up” with her after hearing all sorts of things from her friends at school. (Josh said he was homeschooled and new to the area).
Megan’s mom told her to turn it off and left the room again. The mom came back a short bit later on her way out of the house and told Megan to turn the computer off - and Megan said she would after she finished the message.
Mom comes home (not sure how long she was gone) and Megan is off the computer but still upset and they talk about it. (So, all of Megan’s emails asking names and any mean spirited gossiping was limited to that last segement of being online).
I seem to recall Mom saying that Megan calmed down after their talk and Mom and Dad were preparing dinner when a half-hour later the Mom had a “feeling” and just stopped and ran upstairs, only to find Megan hanging in her closet.
One other thing. The Drew’s daughter and Megan had been on-again off-again friends (with the Drew’s daughter alternating being nice and then mean) and Megan decided to end their “friendship”. That’s when the nasty MySpace stuff started.
Would somebody on this thread please think about just saying a prayer for the tormented soul of this poor child?
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