I-Spy: Rutgers Suicide Focuses Attention on Dark Side of Social Media
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Tyler Clementi
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The death of a Rutgers University freshman stirred outrage and remorse among classmates who said they wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge after secret video of his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online.
Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River last week, a lawyer for his family confirmed. (Police recovered a man’s body Wednesday afternoon just north of the bridge, and authorities confirmed Thursday that it was Clementi’s.)
“Had he been in bed with a woman, this would not have happened,” said Rutgers student Lauren Felton, 21, of Warren. “He wouldn’t have been outed via an online broadcast, and his privacy would have been respected and he might still have his life.”
Clementi was a violinist whose life revolved around music, said Ed Schmiedecke, the recently retired music director at Ridgewood High School, from which Clementi graduated this year.
“He was a terrific musician, and a very promising, hardworking young man,” Schmiedecke said.
Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, and fellow Rutgers freshman Molly Wei, both 18, have been charged with invading Clementi’s privacy. Middlesex County prosecutors say that they used a webcam to surreptitiously transmit a live image of Clementi having sex Sept. 19 and that Ravi tried to webcast a second encounter on Sept. 21, the day before Clementi’s suicide.
Collecting or viewing sexual images without consent is a fourth-degree crime, and transmitting them is a third-degree crime with a maximum prison term of five years. A lawyer for Ravi, of Plainsboro, did not immediately return a message seeking comment, and it was unclear whether Wei, of Princeton, had retained a lawyer.
A spokesman for the Middlesex County prosecutor‘s office didn’t return messages inquiring whether there could be additional charges, and experts diverged on the potential for the pair to face more severe charges in light of Clementi’s apparent suicide.
Parry Aftab, who runs the website WiredSafety, said it‘s possible the classmates could be prosecuted for violating Clementi’s civil rights.
“If these kids could get away with one privacy law violation, that would be a sin,” she said.
But former assistant Essex County prosecutor Luanne Peterpaul said such a prosecution was unlikely because the federal government doesn’t recognize sexual orientation as a protected class.
Peterpaul, vice chairwoman of the gay rights group Garden State Equality, said prosecutors might be able to pursue the case as a hate crime if they could establish that the defendants were motivated to act because they perceived Clementi as gay. But that can be hard to prove, she said.
ABC News and The Star-Ledger of Newark reported that Clementi left on his Facebook page on Sept. 22 a note that read: “Jumping off the gw bridge sorry.” Later, his Facebook page was accessible only to friends.
Even if the young violinist from Ridgewood was not well known at his new school, his death stirred outrage.
“The notion that video of Tyler doing what he was doing can be considered a spectacle is just heinous,” said Jordan Gochman, 19, of Jackson, who didn’t know Clementi. “It’s intolerant, it’s upsetting, it makes it seem that being gay is something that is wrong and can be considered laughable.”
For some of Clementi’s new classmates, the first time they learned much about him was when they got word of his death.
“I guess the only person I haven’t talked to is Tyler ’cause he’s like really quiet and shy,” said Justin Lee, a freshman from Princeton who lives on Clementi’s hall.
Other students who did know Clement were upset that they didn’t do more to help him. “I wish I could have been more of an ally,” said Georges Richa, a freshman from neighboring New Brunswick.
About 100 people gathered Wednesday night for a vigil on campus. They lay on the ground and chanted slogans like, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re not going home.”
Rutgers University President Richard McCormick wrote in a letter to the campus, “If the charges are true, these actions gravely violate the university’s standards of decency and humanity.”
Coincidentally, the university this week launched Project Civility, designed to get students thinking about how they treat others.
Gay rights groups say the suicide makes Clementi a national example of a problem they are increasingly working to combat: young people who kill themselves after being tormented over their sexuality.
On Tuesday, a 13-year-old California boy died nine days after classmates found him hanging from a tree. Authorities say other teens had taunted the boy, Seth Walsh of Tehachapi, for being gay.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, said in a statement that his group considers Clementi’s death a hate crime.
“We are heartbroken over the tragic loss of a young man who, by all accounts, was brilliant, talented and kind,” Goldstein said. “And we are sickened that anyone in our society, such as the students allegedly responsible for making the surreptitious video, might consider destroying others’ lives as a sport.”
In response to Clementi’s death and other perceived instances of bullying or harassment, the group Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays said it planned to issue a “call to action” on the subject.
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LoneRanger
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:57pmThis is a tragic death which should not have occured. Blame social media if you want. The problem lies in the “gay” activism in this country. People are denied access to information by propaganda promoting an agenda regardless of who gets hurt. Tell your family, friends, clergy and counselors to visit http://www.endcensorship.com and stopy the tryany of the left.
Report Post »ObnoxiousAndDisliked
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:31pmThe war for control over the internet is on.
How many suicides have occurred in how many months from online “bullying?”
Empty heads in the media are already talking about ways for congress to regulate the net.
Look at the targets for humiliation…gays. The left is going to blame godly people for these tragedies, but this fact remains:
THEY EAT THIER OWN AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
The only way to stand up to blackmail is defiance in spite of the threat.
If an embarrassing / illegal / immoral act has been done, let it be known; don’t give up liberty.
Let the justice system work with their present set of laws.
Report Post »Let God afflict these electronic terrorists with the hope that they will repent.
roughneck.seay
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:58pmI might take some heat for this, but, I really feal sorry for this kid, and people like him. I think the reason gay kids are four times more likely to take there own life is they are ashamed because they know what they are doing is wrong. I don’t think gay people should be discriminated agenst, or hated, but it is should not be socially acceptable. Kids like this nead REAL help. I woulden’t have any idea how to help, I’m not a psycologist, but they nead something.
On the other hand, his room mate should be held acountable for what he did too.
I’m sure some of you may feal diffrent, but please don’t throw me in with “christian” gay bashing nutjobs with the signs like “queers are going to hell” I’ll take a shot at them too. The bible tells us to hate the sin and love the sinner. They nead to study on that for awhile.
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 7:47amHey ROUGHNECK…
Your are most definitely wright, those engaged (living) in the “gay” (homosexual) lifestyle are in need of something, and it is not persecution, or bashing nor any of the sort. Wright again about “hate the sin, love sinners, for we are ALL sinners, ROMANS 6:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. Should we hate the sinner, that would include ALL of us hating one another who are just….. “born in the flesh” !
The something that is needed, that which man can not supply, is a “Wright Relationship”, with the redeemer of lost souls, Jesus the Christ of God. When a person receives God’s Christ, to trust Him with their very life, asking, (there must be an asking) Him to save him having believed on Him (Jesus), he also then will receive the “gift” of the Holy Ghost (spirit) of God to abide in ( literally) him.
Then and only then will that person become a “child of God”, and will forever (all eternity) belong to God,and He, God, will begin a mighty work in that person, bringing him to be more like His, God’s only begotten Son, Jesus, unto all obedience to the Father’s will for his life!
good posting, and good questions ROUGHNECK.
Bruce // servant to King Jesus…………. Savior to all who “WILL”, call upon Him !
Report Post »Tomas llera
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:16pmAdd your comments
Report Post »ericclapner
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:27amWhat are you people doing, weighing the minutiae of hypothetical conditions under which the perps might or might not be at fault etc?
This culture is dying. We have become cruel for sport. And the grown ups are engaging in speculative amateur legal debates and hair splitting before the boy’s corpse is even in the ground.
I checked out from this failed American experiment long ago. The culture is actually not dying, it’s dead.
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:37amYou only need to take a look at history to note that cruelty for sport is not new. The Colosseum in Rome wasn’t holding rock concerts, you know.
I won‘t say you can’t, but you really shouldn’t look at such a small slice of society and judge the rest on it. Most of what I’ve seen here shows that people are truly sad that this boy jumped to his death because of a cruel prank, as am I.
As for checking out of the “failed American experiment,” if this means that you’ve moved out of the country, I have nothing but absolute respect for you. It shows that you stand for something and are willing to do what it takes to show it.
But our culture isn’t dying or dead. You’ll find that it swings back and forth like a pendulum, and the only time it can be considered dead is when it stops moving. I don’t see that happening. The civil rights movement? Feminism? Acceptance of sexual orientation? Granted, these ideas take time to mix in, but they’ve all found a place in our society. So I don‘t think it’s even close to dead.
Report Post »scootydoo
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 6:20amHate the sin, not the sinner. This poor kid should not have been outed like this.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:00amHe already was “out,” according to today’s NY Post.
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:47pmEACTLY RIGHT, SCOOTYDOO !,
good posting !!
Bruce // servant to King Jesus………Whose Love was extended to all, “on a bloody cross”!!
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 6:04amA permanent solution to a temporary problem.
As sad as it is that he committed suicide, I fail to see how that is the other two kids fault.
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:29pmHey JOSE WASABI,
They are NOT kids, (except maybe in their minds), but in fact are young adults who should have been thinking of “consequences of action”, and there always is a consequence, whether good or bad!
Actions taken without consideration of outcome most often times will result in an undesired consequences, and more so than not, in the way of a suffering and or harm to another or ones own self !!
The question is then, would this young man have “KILLED”, himself had this breech of boundaries, committed by the other two involved had not occurred ?, Are these two other adults, guilty of causing the young man to go over the edge, was it their “ACTIONS”, (selfish in nature, to say the least), that brought him to the point of complete distress, dismay, being so embarrassed and shamed as to take his life, not being able to bear the exposure to the “WORLD”?
YES, they are guilty, in the eyes of the most High God !
they should be held accountable for the role they played in this needless, end of a life !!
Bruce // servant to King Jesus……………………….. Shepherd of the “Born Again” sheep!
Report Post »skittish
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:50amWhile this is such a tragic loss, I can’t help but wonder if this story would have made the news if the kid involved was heterosexual. My guess is that it would not. Only his family and the school would know of this tragedy.
What those two people did in broadcasting a private moment was indecent. It doesn’t matter who you are, no one deserves to have their private moments broadcast for the whole world to see. Plain and simple.
Report Post »Hoosier
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:01amIs it better at this time to work for a private company than a union or the government? Just wondering. I work for a private company that I am really proud of. It is a long term job.
Report Post »FYATroll
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:46amGOod lord, reading some of the comments I can see how we get a terrible name as conservatives. The religious right is nearly as bad as the communist left. One wants to regulate my commerce and the other would like to regulate my social life. Awesome.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:52amAgreed! Here’s to less wing-nuttery and more problem solving. Cheers
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:40amc‘mon we all know you’re a newsvine troll sent here to pretend.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:39amARCHON reasonable disagreemnet expressed civilly does not make one a troll. A troll is someone who posts incendiary comments just to cause outrage. The only one I see doing that on this thread is you.
Report Post »ObnoxiousAndDisliked
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:57pmNo. The Religeous Right is quite different from the Totalitarian Left.
The abusive ones here are frauds.
Report Post »George Soros is proud of his little minions.
Sutter Buttes
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:33amAs a 65 year old straight man, father and grandfather I am saddened and sickened by the hateful comments of some of the posters. This young man did not deserve to be humiliated like this and those who did it should be severly punished. The hateful posters deserve to be judged as well, but not her and not now. You will someday answer to a higher authority.
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:15pmWelcome to the modern Republican party. Now be quite and buy some gold.
Report Post »ObnoxiousAndDisliked
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 7:03pmWe are all proving our parentage with our mild OR abusive speech.
Have no fear. All your prayers have been heard.
Personally, I have a deep swell of pity for the young suicide; and a loud plea for justice for his tormentors.
Report Post »PATRICKHENERY
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:54amNot condoning the actions of those who taped this wicked act but homosexuality is a terrible thing and destroy lives. Amazing how .9% of a society even though it has Hollywood, media, and money to make it look “gay” and grand is still not acceptable behavior.
Report Post »Sutter Buttes
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:39amIt’s not about his lifestyle. It’s about how some immature punks humiliated a young for sport and drove him to extremis.
Report Post »FYATroll
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:48amDear God reading these comments I can see how we conservatives get a bad name. The religious right is almost as insane as the communist left.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:50amIt’s acceptable to most, maybe not you. Demographically it’s pretty much the older folks who still have problems with it.
Report Post »tmarends
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:15pmPlease elaborate… how does homosexuality, in and of itself, destroy lives??
Report Post »tracielizabeth
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:29amThe kids should be disciplined harshly, it was inexcusable and mean spirited. However the boy obviously was insecure and on the emotional edge already… had his family been more supportive he would have been a lot more balanced and simply sued those kids for damages.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:42amsex and society always clash. they always have and always will.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:00amToday’s NY Post reports that Tyler already was “out” to his family, so that wasn’t an issue here. Further, he didn’t seem very upset after he found out his roommate had switched on the camera for the first tryst with the older man. After he found out the roommate was planning to do it a second time, however, he freaked out (in his words) and – apparently, from what I read – trashed the roommate’s belongings. He chatted on some gay sites about the incident and then, inexplicably, decided to kill himself.
Report Post »patriotwoman
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:24amI don’t know. “Invasion of privacy” kind of makes it sound like someone accidentally opened the bathroom door at the wrong time. This was so much more than just a couple of people “peeping in”. This was a deliberate and premeditated act designed to humiliate and shame another person. The consequences of this are truly tragic and at least three lives have been ruined.
I honestly don’t think the social networking media is a good thing. Too many people have the opportunity to harm others without ever considering what the result could be. They don’t even have to look their victim in the eyes.
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:23amTyler Clementi was clearly MENTALLY ILL.
for all we know CLEMENTI KILLED HIMSELF because he was REJECTED BY HIS HOMOSEXUAL LOVER.
Ravi & Wei are stupid but are NOT RESPONSIBLE for Clementi’s suicide:
Report Post »CLEMENTI WAS SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN ACTIONS. if the young HOMOSEXUAL was able to deal with his MENTAL ISSUES he would still be alive today, threatening his own life with HIV RISK BEHAVIOR.
Sutter Buttes
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:37amI’m sorry that you are so emotionally twisted up that you cannot just say “What a sad and tragic thing this was.” and let go at that.
Report Post »FYATroll
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:44amI’m willing to bet the lifespan of a homosexual is far greater than an ignorant human being like yourself.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:46amMe thinks the lady doth protest too much.
Maybe you should get your mental health evaluated.
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 6:00amAgree
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:37am@Sutter Buttes-whats “sad” here are the HOMOSEXUAL AGENDISTS that are looking to POLITICIZE Tyler Clementi’s MENTAL ILLNESS & SUICIDE.
@FYATroll-let‘s think about that Tyler is a FLOATER and I’m laying he INTELLECTUAL SMACKDOWN on KNEE-JERKERS. You’d lose.
@Deutscher-ah the “YOU’RE GAY” strategem…did you complete Junior High School or do you work in an environment where that kind of behavior makes it past HR?
@jose wasabi- of course you do, YOU’RE A DRONE.
Report Post »tmarends
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:13pmAnd the proof of his mental illness is??? Or is it your conjecture that he was “obviously” mentally ill because he was “obviously” “homosexual”??
Hate to burst your bubble, but homosexuality is not a mental illness. A lot of young people, gay and straight, who leave home for the first time to go to college are just trying to figure out who they are, who God meant them to be. It takes more courage just being an out LGBT person than you will ever have in your entire life. We are constantly told we are going to hell, we are mentally ill, and that God doesn’t love us by people like you. New Flash — God does love us. He created us exactly as He wanted us to be, complete with our talents and desires. The best any of us can do is use our lives in ways that honor Him who created us. I thank God every day that He brought me through the torment of my teen and early 20s years. I thank Him for showing me His love and how I can lead my life, as a gay man, in a way that honors Him above all else. I pray every day for guidance and the wisdom to recognize the path He has laid out before me. I pray that God softens the hearts and opens the minds of those who attempt to push us away from His love, for I fear that they are doing a great inservice to themselves for all eternity
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:27pm@tmarends-the PROOF of TYLER CLEMENTI’S MENTAL ILLNESS is that he COMMITTED SUICIDE.
People that kill themselves are MENTALLY ILL regardless of their sexual antics.
Hate to burst your GAY AGENDA PROPAGANDA BUBBLE, but HOMOSEXUALITY WAS CONSIDERED A MENTAL ILLNESS until the 1970s. We can examine how that has worked out for them since it was termed “normal”-think MILLIONS OF H.I.V/A.I.D.S. DEATHS and thousands of Tylers that kill themselves rather than live as an ABERRATION of Nature’s process.
Report Post »Yeah, the HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE has really worked out for so many.
tmarends
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:51pm@Archon — May God forgive you of your blind hatred of those who are born differently than you.
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:37pm@Tmarends- May the God you worship remove your self-imposed IGNORANCE.
Report Post »tmarends
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 1:55pm@Archon — I worship the one true God, who sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to lead the way to Salvation for us ALL… who do you worship?
Report Post »ObnoxiousAndDisliked
Posted on October 3, 2010 at 6:49pmWhat about charity? Is there no room in your heart for those who need pity?
When Moveon.org (or their ilk) looks at The Blaze, they will use your posts to show how rasist, sexist homophobic we ALL are.
Do you really wish to give them all the ammo they need to make us fit their mold?
Report Post »Set a watch at your lips.
David Foxfire
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:08amLGBT issues aside, this should have been a invasion of privacy issue regardless. Just because someone has an alternative lifestyle doesn’t mean that person has no privacy rights? It doesn‘t make them any less of a human being don’t it? He would have been straight and my thoughts would be the same. Throw the book at the two punks. Maybe even Murder Two.
Now if you excuse me, I see Fred Phelps marching to the poor man’s funeral. I have to find a sledgehammer. It’s time to smite someone.
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:05amThis is absolutely one of the most dispicable actions of voyeurism….and leading to the death of a young man, is a tragedy! : ((
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:40pmthis is sad. poor kid.—let’s not make this a political matter……………but the temptation is too great. bring it on. i’ll start. homosexuality is natural.
Report Post »AlaskaRick
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:07amYour assertion that it’s natural is not a political issue. Why even start that crap. This is a sad thing and it was wrong what those two losers did especially the one that posted it on the Internet.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:35ami was being provocitive.—in case you haven’t realized yet, gay marraige has been sytematically shot down due to the religious right and their idiotic concepts of human relationship contracts and the constitution/ on top of that, 6 years ago there was an amendment proposed to the bill of rights and the constitutiuon defining the governmental perception and recognition of marrige.—-sorry, this is an issue that either we adopt the support of or we abandon.–bullshyt cultural details.
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:42pm@MrButcher-thats funny HIV/AIDS is natural too! HIV/AIDS naturally developed as a result of rampant, unchecked HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
What hasn’t developed naturally is HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE, only the most PRIMITIVE CULTURES in Africa & Hawaii have allowed males to “wed”(hold in sexual bondage) younger males.
Imagine 1000s of years, hundreds of cultures and no MAKE-BELIEVE HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE! But,the Reds figured out how to USE the Homosexuals to create a wedge in Traditional Society and here we are today; SCAPE-GOATING PEOPLE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL/HOMOSEXUAL.
tmarends
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:34pmThis is why I support Gay/Straight Alliance clubs in schools, even high schools. Young LGBT youth who havn’t come to terms with their sexuality need to know they have support. I attempted suicide twice when I was younger from the taunts, teasing, and bullying I receieved and I wasn’t out at the time. He asked for privacy in his own room for a few hours and is then spied upon?? I hope these two responsible receive the harshest punishment/jail time allowed.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:51pmi totally support you and the LGBT community—-the unwarrented shame you are forced to feel is not right. but it is natural coming from others who either dont understand or see themselves in you. have confidence in yourself. your thoughts and emotions. LGBT people are not the ones with the problem (well, actually, in evolutionary biolological terms there are “problems” with lgbt but that is beside the point. your ideas, personal worth and what you have to share with and how you treat the rest of humanity are what matters)—hang in there.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:28amYou guys are making too much sense for this place, I need to hear more crazy please.
Report Post »PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:50am@TMARENDS and @MRBUTCHER,
I had the benefit of having a few gay/lesbian friends in high school. We accepted them into our group, joked with them (as kids do), and hung out together. These kids went on to lead happy, productive lives…but I also saw what happened to the the others that did not have the same peer support, and no one should have to go through that. As I get older I find that one of my only regrets is that I did not reach out to these kids.
Invasion of Privacy is not enough…
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:42amWell said by all. A life was lost way too early.
Report Post »Red Neckerson
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:40pmThis LGBT garbage does not need to be taught at the primary school level. If they want to teach it at secondary schools as optional then that is ok. My kids do not need to be indoctrinated into mental illness.
Report Post »ellibeth0702
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:33pmThe social networking was not the prime issue here. Had the roommate not wanted to gain something from showing the HOMOSEXUAL actions of this man, the video never would have been up. And had Justin not felt there was something wrong with his actions or the fact that they were on the internet, then he may not have decided to jump. Rest in peace Juston, you are an unfortunate casualty in the war for acceptance.
Report Post »tmarends
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:42pmLGBT people come out in their own time. Family values, religious beliefs, peer pressure all play a part. I didn’t come out until I was over 30. Mr Ravi MAY have just stumbled on the webcam when he attempted to access his computer remotely. Any person of morals would have realized what had happened and shut it down immediately. The fact that he broadcast it publicly, and attempted to do it again, shows true lack of morals in my book.
Report Post »RIGHTWINGEXTREMIST
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:46pmOur laws concerning personal privacy haven’t yet caught up with technology. It didn’t matter if the young man was homosexual or heterosexual, it still was a gross invasion of privacy. And the thought that the two culprits thought it was funny is revolting. I doubt if they’re laughing now.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:02amI do hope they make an example out of them.. I hate to say it but I LOVE the new TECHNOLOGY.. However.. like the video cam on my laptop I cover the camera.. don’t think I have anyone with a sick sense of humor like these two.. but one never knows who can and wants to invade someones privacy and one must always be on top of problems that may occur..as our technology keeps combining itself soon our toilets will know when to flush and our bathrooms sinks will know when to start running the water to wash ones hands..OH that already happens.. and they even work sometimes..
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:41pmClementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, and fellow Rutgers freshman Molly Wei, both 18, have been charged with invading Clementi’s privacy
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Any bets these two slezebags are biiiiig Obama worshippers too ?
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:25amGod you’re an idiot
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:16am13GENERATIONAMERICANLOSER, what do you do for money?
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:40pmit’s so sad that someone lost his life over something stupid like this , his roommates should face justice .
Report Post »RIP Tyler .
ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:27amtoo bad Tyler couldn’t handle his HOMOSEXUALITY he had years of exposing himself to HIV ahead of him.
Report Post »PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:52am@Archon,
I find your comment…disappointing (at best). A little tolerance and compassion goes a long way.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:36am@archon
Take your offensive childish remarks elsewhere
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 4:30am@ Archon it’s 2010 wake up ……..or you know what go back to sleep we don’t need ignorant like you .
Report Post »prepper1776
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:37amyou comment is really out of line. i dont agree with being gay but what those kids did was not right. i think there should be some kind of murder charge filed. the parents of the kids that filmed him should be proud (sarcasm) if they were my kids i would disown them after i beat the crap out of them and quit paying for thier college. what happend to all the talk about tolerance on college campuses
Report Post »Quack Addict
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:22amSeriously, he wasn’t murdered he killed himself. If he was so ashamed and worried about being outed he should of went to the Motel 6.
Report Post »ARCHON
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:29am@PostProgressiveAmerican- awww was I too insensitive for you sunshine? That’s too bad.
@Deutscher- what did I say that wasn’t 100% accurate?
@RobertCA- it IS 2010- 30-years later the CDC just reported that 20% of HOMOSEXUAL/BISEXUAL Males are HIV/AIDS+…that means 1:5 of the Men Tyler Clementi may have met would put him at risk of CONTRACTING H.I.V.
If anyone here is IGNORANT it is YOU.
@prepper1776 Your comment is out of line. Not only have you CONVICTED Ravi/Wei of some IMAGINARY CRIME, you then ADVOCATED VIOLENCE against those two teenagers while KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT CLEMENTI or his obvious MENTAL ILLNESS.
For all anyone knows TYLER CLEMENTI COMMITTED SUICIDE because his MALE LOVER DUMPED HIM afdter their TRYST.
The 3-of you can SMOKE your ONLINE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
RobertCA
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:55pm@Archon , you should be in Al Gore’s camp = A Fraud & an Ignorant like you .
Report Post »eteme
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:35pmWE NEED NEW VOYUER LAWS…Point blank. This is only going to get worst with micro technology, lose morality, and value of privacy being striped away from you each day.
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:01pmwhen you say we need new laws you open a can a of worms that should be left alone. Congress will take a simple law that those who have no respect for the law will break and then more laws will be made till they control even more of our lives,
Report Post »no we need to find better ways to protect our lives ourselves.
eteme
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:16pmNO the rules on privacy are not and do not cover majority of the new wave of social media outlets and instant broadcast by the average citizen. If you don’t acknowledge the problem and examine the problem it then becomes the preverbal “can of worms” you speak of..and that can is filling fast
It really doesn’t matter at this point; we have lost so much privacy due to a faceless war without end.
This can be summed up in two words: Social Conditioning…
Report Post »veritas51322
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 12:12amI am very sad for this kid and his family but I hate to see stricter laws. This was horrible college prank that went beyond common decency. On the other hand…what if he had been running a meth lab in his room and the roommate filmed it? What if he had been building a dirty bomb? I can see the liberal left and criminal minds using these laws to further their interests and endeavors and if so, we may never expose folks like ACORN. I would rather see more seminars on the virtue of respecting one another as uniquely divinely created individuals than creating tougher laws and penalties for filming. Moreover, dorms should be used for studying and sleeping …not sexual encounters. Am I being too old fashioned?
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 5:45pmToo late, America is already morally deplete, having lost any sense of “values” decades ago, when as God was tossed out to appease the liberals in this Nation!
Be ye warned however, God is seeing to this, just take a look at how we are in a spiral….downward ?
Bruce // servant to King Jesus……………. Coming to take up His own (the “BORN AGAIN”)
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