[BykrBayb]

The Meiers say the Drews came to their door several times, but the Meiers refused to talk. The Drews sent a letter, too, wanting to tell their story: "Things have now taken a turn that suggest that whatever information is being discussed surely goes beyond what we know."

I'd be curious to know. Were the Drews continuing something that Megan started? Why wouldn't the Meiers want to know? Their daughter is dead, and they don't want to know the rest of the story?

According to a police report, Lori Drew said she wanted to know what Megan was saying online about her daughter and had "instigated and monitored" the fake account.

Hmm... I wonder what she found out.

Megan, desperate to know who had told Josh she was mean, kept typing. As she guessed names, some of those teens fired back responses.

The effect, Tina Meier said, was an online pile-on.

Who were all these other teens who piled on? Was this a grand conspiracy, or were they just being honest? Why did she have to guess names of people who might say she was mean, and they all agreed she was? Were they all fakes, like Josh?

This is a tragic case all around, but both families seem pretty adept at bullying. The Meiers have gotten the media on their side, but it doesn't make their bullying any more acceptable.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Were they all fakes, like Josh?

I'd lean towards this explanation. The alternative would to have established a grand conspiracy between the Drews and a lot of other kids, which would have posed much more risk of exposing their Josh hoax before it could do the mischief they had in mind.

[HiTech RedNeck]

alternative would BE to have...

[HiTech RedNeck]

The Meiers have gotten the media on their side

Surely the media did this because it saw being hounded to a suicide via a hoax to be a worse fate than being a living subject of gossip (assuming Megan was gossiping this way).