Yep. If I had been involved in something like this (been at the party, heard about it and not done anything, once shared a seat on a bus with someone involved) my mom wouldn't have waited on anyone else to suspend me- she would've whooped my ass up and down the street before locking me down until I turned 18 (or 30).

Major part of the problem:

I wanted to check local coverage of this horrific story. Beyond the KC Star, the local media have said almost nothing. In looking, I uncovered this heartbreaking story about the family from 2007. The father, a physician, was killed when he crashed his truck on a snowy road. Then 9 year-old Daisy was riding in the…

I know you shouldn't feed the trolls, but something they said on their last post, before it was deleted, really got to me.

While in a way I sympathize with the citizens of Steubenville that were innocently caught in the crossfire of the Internet's outrage, I still feel that NOBODY did enough to stop the harassment of Jane Doe which caused a great part of the internet's furor. Death threats are never okay, nor is taunting children, but…

Some of this is misleading or missing some very important points:

In the Kansas City Star article it says that Daisy Coleman's dad died in a car accident a few years ago. Man, this family has been through hell many times over. I hope that they can relocate to a loving and supportive community somewhere.

How fucking convenient for the perp that the tape of the crime disappeared during the police's investigation, and yet Daisy continued to be taunted at school by classmates passing around said tape. That is, if I understood the sequence of events correctly.

It's worth noting that the cops investigated, got confessions, and sent everything to the DA with every expectation that the DA would charge the suspects. Instead, the DA said "kids will be kids" and caved (probably to political pressure). The Sheriff is justifiably pissed.

Sometimes I hate the internet, but then sometimes I fucking love the internet. This is so, so not over.

As an atheist, I can only hope that the criminal justice system will provide the lifetime of hell that these two boys and anyone else involved deserve.

There are times when I feel ethically questionable about supporting Anonymous.

I get the distinct feeling that Mr. Yousefzai is the example of what Muslim men are expected to be in the religion of Islam. The western world has had so few examples of Muslim men who treat other people well. I'm not just talking women, but I'm talking people from all walks of life. His example helped create a modern…

She makes me proud to be a girl, plain and simple. Now, the challenge is to help find other Malalas around the world and give them the tools to succeed.

Excuse me while I recover from my FULL BODY SOBS. I'd be the shoe girl. What an elegant human being. I need to try harder.

It is not disingenuous because taliban kills men too. He risked his life to educate people, am sure that counts as honorable. It is not being a decent human being to put a hit marker on your head to educate women, that is being heroic.

I'm sorry you live in that part of the world that gets Gawker but not Wikipedia

You're right. I don't. There could be a whole new generation of awesome women with these names. I just got really amped on this video. She's such an inspiration! Name everything after her!

Normally I'd watch someone like this and feel a lot of regret and loss and be angry at myself for not making more of my own life and for taking all of my privilege for granted. But I'm just so awed and impressed and grateful for the fact that she's alive that I can't be anything other than happy. I thought I'd be…

This is a wonderful interview with her: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct…