I do not agree with Mark O'Mara at all. It does not make sense for parents of cyber bullies to be punished for the actions of their children on the internet. I understand that parents can be charged if their child were to shoot and kill someone with their handgun but this is different. A phone and computer cannot be compared to a handgun no matter how one distorts the picture. A child taking a gun and physically shooting someone is completely different than a child harassing another child to the point of suicide. Yes, I understand that both incidents are extremely tragic BUT a child cyber bullying another is not the same as that child physically holding the gun (their parent's gun) to another child'd head and therefore the parents cannot be charged. Mark O'Mara's analogy of "If a child kills someone while using their parent's gun, the parent can be held responsible. If a child breaks the law using a computer or cellphone, provided by the parent, how is that
different?" is invalid. I don't believe this will pass and I really hope it doesn't. When a parent is actually
behind the screen cyber bullying then they can be charged.
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