beaner88 wrote: » You can't sensor the internet so she will get what she deserves. Her parents as well.
beaner88 wrote: » Cyberbullying is the media fad of the day. No way should it be used as an excuse for censorship. If you're going to go out in public and spew the most vile language then tough. You can't sensor the internet so she will get what she deserves. Her parents as well.
smash wrote: » She's a bully in real life, telling others that they'll get nowhere, or they can't afford 'real' shoes etc etc.
clairefontaine wrote: » From what I can see, the video going viral started out from a double standard, because she is wealthy and her status is secure. The bullying she is getting is due to a double standard, stemming from chip on the shoulder class warfare. Boards may have to rethink and double think what it allows in scenarios like this. But this girl is a minor and a private citizen. She is not an adult and not a public figure.
smash wrote: » I don't think she'll do it again, unless of course it gets 100% censored and she realises how powerful her position as one of the elite in Irish society actually is. She's a bully in real life, telling others that they'll get nowhere, or they can't afford 'real' shoes etc etc. A witch hunt is not needed though and at this stage I'd say she knows what it's like to be on the receiving end.
siltirocker wrote: » Mad that the chief point being raised online is about the abuse this girl may receive. Particularly when the video is of her bullying someone else over her superior wealth.
Daroxtar wrote: » On the positive side of things, now that half the country knows who she is and how old she is , she won't be getting admitted to pubs or served alcohol for about 18 months
Lyaiera wrote: » What's absolutely infuriating is that some people who are sympathetic to the girl* are avoiding responding to the issues here by discussing the video: the very thing that has been prohibited elsewhere. As well as attributing the issues people have with Boards' reaction to a class issue as though the only people who have a problem with the reaction are the "lower classes" out to get one over the "middle classes." I don't think the discussion should be about this video, but about Boards' general stance on any thread with an undeserving subject. Edit: In the time it took me to write this post people have started talking about her in a negative manner. Now both "sides" are having a go at each other. So that's good, this so far somewhat constructive thread will go off the rails too. *I say some because I'm sympathetic to her too.
brokenarms wrote: » Elite??? I was reporting every vid as it popped up on youtube and they took them down straight away.
Boards.ie: Nicola wrote: » Our stance and the actions taken have very little to do with cyber bullying, we knew no good would come from the video or threads so acted accordingly. There is no double standard or enforcing of class divisions at play here, if, in any of the other cases mentioned we foresaw the potential for a huge amount of trouble then the same action would have been taken. With stuff like this we have to take it on a case by case basis, applying a one size fits all rule simply isn't feasible.
mango salsa wrote: » Why does it need to be discussed?
Pippa Middleton's Arse wrote: » Feel free to start a blog and discuss what you wish. Or head to any othet site where discussions are on going. AH will not be used as a place to flame a viral/ cyber bully attack.
LizT wrote: » She didn't put herself in the public eye though. It's not like she filmed this on purpose to gain some noterity. She said some really stupid things, a lot of us do when we're drunk (admittedly not to the extent she did). Difference is that usually we don't wake up the next morning to see it on YouTube, Facebook, twitter, boards etc.
g'em wrote: » There are a million different sites on the internet where users are free to post whatever they want. The web is awash with vitriol, spite, abuse, bullying and general nastiness. Boards is different, and we've worked hard to make it that way. By we I mean everyone from users to HQ - we don't want to be the new 4chan or askfm, if the video is hosted elsewhere then discuss it on those sites. Again I'm amazed at the minority who so vehemently defend their perceived right to be offensive or have a go at someone else on the internet. Be my guest and do it somewhere else, but we do not, and will not, be party to making this individual's life more difficult than it has just become in the last 24 hours.
foxyboxer wrote: » If there is a case for defamation to the girl and her family, then wouldn't it follow that the case should be brought against the person videoing the scene?
smash wrote: » But you see, there's nothing in the video that required a report to youtube. In a public place, anyone can film anything they want. She was being abusive and the victim recorded it. You're missing that part! And I say elite because its true, as evident from the blanket banning of the video. As mentioned earlier, if the guy had been abusing her, he'd have been arrested for it.
foxyboxer wrote: » If there is a case for defamation to the girl and her family, then wouldn't it follow that the case should be brought against the person videoing the scene? Wouldn't CCTV be used to identify that person?
Fr_Dougal wrote: » Guess who Boards.ie Ltd. and Distilled Media Ltd. use as auditors? KPMG
brokenarms wrote: » Yes. I do understand that smash, But please consider this, She was really badly drunk, she had no idea what she was doing. Im sure you have been really badly drunk at some stage in life and could not even remember what you said. Filter between head and mouth gone. Not even meaning what you where saying. I have. regrettably. Now if you woke up the next morning to find a video of you making a complete arse of yourself going world wide, how would you feel. As an adult I would suck it up. But I also remember how sensitive I was as a teen and something like that would hit me like a ton of bricks. In fact I would want to leave the country.. I reported it as I put myself in her shoes seeing it the day after. Maybe Youtube, boards and the rest of the sites who took it down did also. Its very damaging . What she said was outrageous for sure. But she was saying it to a small crowd and not the entire world. She does not deserve to be witch hunted like this IMO.
