Wednesday, August 01, 2012

A victory for the Internet age

Last week, I mentioned the case in which a rape victim was threatened with jail time for publicly revealing the name of her rapists on Twitter!

http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2012/07/protecting-wrong-people.html


The rapists names are Will Frey III and Austin Zehnder!


yep, from now on, those perps will not like what they find when they search their names on google or yahoo!  If they don't like that, then they shouldn't have raped the girl, period. Exclamation point!

But yesterday, I learned this from an email from change.org

Elizabeth Beier started a petition asking that charges against Savannah be dropped, and just days later, the lawyers who filed charges against Savannah withdrew the charges. One lawyer even told reporters that all the attention from Savannah's supporters on the internet made filing the charges just not worth it -- no wonder, when the petition received attention from MSNBC and the Associated Press, to name a few.
For her part, Elizabeth is thrilled that Savannah won't face jail time for revealing the names of her convicted attackers. “Thank you to everyone who signed this petition and stood up for Savannah," Elizabeth says. "When the whole world watches, justice is more likely to be done."



More on that at http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/savannah-dietrich-not-charged-twitter-sexual-assault-victim-125527199.html?_esi=1


Yep, justice is delievered:)


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In the so-called "good old days",  word of injustice spread slow........very........very.......slow.

But in this internet age... WORD SPREADS FAST all with a simple click of a button!

And if you are committing injustice AND if you expect your victims to cower in fear and silence .................. guess what ............................... your victims can EASILY go on their facebook/twitter/blog/etc and just tell the world what happened.

 The victims no longer need for them to get a lawyer or a press agent to organize a press conference.

Just some typing skills and a computer (which you can EASILY access at any public library). And if they have access to a webcam, the forces of injustice better run in fear,  because more people are willing to watch a video than read a blog!

(that reminds me: I better start saving up money to set up a webcam at home........... then the forces of evil will really need to run in fear of  being exposed to the light!)

So the rapists and their lawyer really thought they was going to intimidate the rape victim?

THIS AIN'T THE OLD DAYS!

It's a whole new era now!  The rape victim NOT ONLY REFUSED TO BACK DOWN,  she and her allies started an online petition to protest!

And in the internet age, this news don't just stay in their hometown.

Yeah the incident happened in Kentucky. But even me, way out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean  know about their injustice, signed the online petition and spread the word about the injustice to even more people!

The rapists and their lawyers and the judge all got an earful of anger (plus TONS of tweets, email, and other e-stuff) going against them!

Now the rapists and their lawyers
all realize they have chosen the wrong person to mess with!
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On my blog, I have exposed some troublemakers out there. I have used my blog to tell my side of the story.

But some people don't like that. Those people tell me bull-nonsense like "let it go", "dont let it bother you" and other bullstuff. And those people are the ones pretend to be "friends".



This "don't let it bother you", "let it go" stuff empowers the bullies!

Bullies are empowered by the silence of their victims!

Bullies are MEGA-HAPPY when their victims get told "don't let it bother you", "let it go" because it helps silences their victims and  Bullies are empowered  when the victims are silent.

So if you've been victimized by the negative people in your life, disobey those so-called "friends" who tell you  "don't let it bother you", "let it go"! 

I'm sure Rosa Parks was told "don't let it bother you", "let it go"!
I'm sure Martin Luther King was told "don't let it bother you", "let it go"!
I'm sure Susan B. Anthony was told  "don't let it bother you", "let it go"!
I'm sure Nelson Mandela was told  "don't let it bother you", "let it go"!


Aren't we all glad all those people DISOBEYED the "don't let it bother you", "let it go" advice ?


And the people of today had advantages that those historical figures didn't.  We have the internet now!

We no longer have to wait for newspaper, radio or TV editors/producers to be so generous to cover our side of the story.

We no longer have to wait for book publishers to be so generous with their time, money and printing press for us to tell our side of our story.

We can just get on the computer and  write a blog. We can even post a video.  We can now spread the word on e-mail,  facebook or twitter.

We no longer have to be forced to "hold it in" (which is unhealthy).

We can ignore the so-called "friends" who tell us "dont let it bother you, just let it go"! They can't stop us from going online, writing a blog post or posting a video on YouTube.

And when your cause is right, the word will spread and you'll have supporters from all over the world.
  You won't feel alone anymore!  :)