Mean Sprited Behavior...is this the Norm?

swimcatsmom
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:39:26 +0000

I definitely find this distasteful. I never read juicy campus but read about it and was delighted when it went belly up. Posting nasty things about people is not acceptable and is so open to abuse. It is just a form of bullying - and even more cowardly than face to face bullying when done under the cover of anonymity. I remember being worried at the time about juicy campus because my daughter had a mean spirited ex who was stalking her and I could just imagine him posting something nasty about her. I must admit I smiled when I saw the thing in the article about the one guy losing a job because of his involvement in the site that spread nasty rumors about people. I hope the courts tell him where to put his lawsuit.

I have never liked mean spirited humor and cringe at people being humiliated. In a movie if I know someone is about to be humiliated or embarrassed I have to go to the rest room and with TV I will change channels and come back once a suitable period has elapsed. There is definitely a mean spirited trend in in what passes for humor lately. I don’t know if the media reflects the generation or the generation is reflecting the media.