Cyber Bullying

“Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.” Do you think it's true? False? What do you think?

False. The breaking of bones is being physically hurt. Theoretically speaking, harm does not mean only physical harm. Cyber bullying uses verbal and psychological harm to hurt the victim emotionally. Cyber bullying is totally anonymous, except for the fact that is traceable. Every computer has a digital signature called an IP address that can be traced. However, a smart cyber bully will used different computers like those in cyber cafes so that he cannot be traced. He will also travel around his neighbourhood and use cyber cafes so that he cannot be traced. He will create a separate email account so that it does not trace to his personal email address. Due to all these and more, cyber bullying is much more dangerous. Since we do not know who the bully is, we should always beware of people who have ill intentions.