Phoebe Prince, Memorial Day and masslive

Looks like some of the people of South Hadley, MA are getting desperate. Or maybe just further out of touch with reality.

South Hadley, you may remember, is home to the kids who abused 15 year old Phoebe Prince so badly that she committed suicide last January. She was allegedly harassed, assaulted and stalked both at South Hadley High School and online. Several witnesses have stated clearly that school administrators knew of it and did nothing. Six of Phoebe's classmates now face criminal charges.

Reading through the South Hadley forum at http://www.masslive.com, it isn't hard to see where these junior sociopaths learned this behavior was OK. Almost from day one, the town has been more interested in deflecting the worldwide media attention it's receiving than in acknowledging it has a problem. They need to "heal" by sweeping their continuing problems under the rug, preferring to forget the fact that a 15 year old girl is dead because school administrators did nothing to stop the abuse. The general sentiment seems to be something along the lines of "Oh, that happened way back in January, it's time to move on"...

Going on that theory, no one should bother with those left homeless due to natural disasters, because that was then and this is now. Murderers shouldn't be locked up, since it won't bring the victims back. And on and on...

But maybe the ultimate idiocy was expressed by a masslive poster who wanted everyone to stop talking about the tragedy for one week, because Memorial Day is coming up. WTF??? Remember all those who died so we can be free, and to hell with the urgent problems sitting right under their noses.

I don't know what's in the air around that town, but whatever it is, I hope it doesn't spread. These people are, to put it simply, nuts. And I always thought Kansas was a haven for ignorant rednecks.