"Laws on bullying are long overdue, IMHO."And in my honest opinion there are already way too many laws on the books. I believe we need to start eliminating many of these laws.
I would agree about the need to eliminate laws, but in this area, the laws have left a huge gap to the point where a child can be bullied to the point of suicide and there is no legal action possible against the perpetrator. In past cases, even when bullies have been arrested, they have walked because there is no legal framework with which to prosecute.
This link tells of a particularly horrible act of cyberbullying that caused a girl to commit suicide. The perpetrators were let off completely scot-free because there were no laws on the books to prohibit their acts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier
It is because of situations like this that people are demanding laws.