by forwardslash

As a lot of you probably know, a girl committed suicide after being bullied in Vancouver recently and her story has made international headlines. If you haven't heard about it, you can read up on it here and here.

It is a tragic story, but the kind of people who bullied her in the first place don't seem to be satisfied.

On Friday, Mike Mace, whose own Facebook page says he is a member of the Canadian Military, faced a flurry of backlash after he posted a lewd comment about Amanda’s death on a site meant to remember her life. In the comment, he suggests that it’s not the bully’s fault that she showed her breasts and gave out her private information on the Internet.

I've seen a lot of similar statements blaming the victim and excusing the bullies on sites such as reddit. Now the Canadian government is going to be debating an anti-bullying bill and we have prominent political figures endorsing a range of solutions from criminalizing cyber-bullying to education and preventative measures.