No, not right butt.
Right, but.
Grow up, people.
The story of Amanda Todd's being bullied and committing suicide has not only gone viral.
It's gone mainstream.
For those of you who still think Whitesnake is cool, here's what that means.
It means that even people who still think that Whitesnake is cool are now aware of her story and are offering up assorted awws, too bads and so sads.
Personally, I've long ago filed Whitesnake away in the good times, great oldies folder but, yesterday, even I offered up two cents to the pile of pesos.
Here's the link to that piece.
http://scottedwardphelps.blogspot.com/2012/10/filling-empty-spaces-with-cries-of.html
This morning as I gulped half caf and perused the world according to Facebook, a lovely familiar face came up in the scroll.
Granddaughter Ella weighed in on the issue with her unique brand of insight.
"...I think it's really sad that the Amanda Todd girl commited sucide but there are so many more people that do almost everyday and their story doesn't blow up on the internet. If you're going to care then care all the time, not just when something gets popular and you feel bad...."
You go, girl.
And for what it's worth, I think you're right.
But.
The Chinese have an expression I long ago learned and for many years, and in many ways, have appreciated.
"...the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step..."
Not to mention that dusty old chestnut about a particular straw doing lasting damage to the spines of camels.
My patriarchal point is this.
You're right that people should care about this kind of cruelty all the time and not just when one case, or another, makes it cool to care.
But...if this particular case is the one that snaps that proverbial spine and, thereby, generates that single step, then maybe, just maybe, the next "really sad" story won't be about one of your classmates.
What the hell, maybe, just maybe the next really sad story won't even have to be written at all.
Ella and her peer group see this thing from the vantage point that really matters.
Inside looking out.
Everybody else, best intentions notwithstanding, can only see it from the outside looking in.
And as to her assertion that care and concern should be total and not just trendy....
You're right, kiddo.
Right, but...
Not right butt.
Right, but.
Grow up people.
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