Top court upholds ruling on link between boy's suicide, bullying

Wednesday 01st October, 05:42 AM JST

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Molenir at 01:00 PM JST - 1st October

Not hard to understand, if bullies aren't dealt with. And they aren't in any meaningful way. Then bullying continues, suicides continue, and the tragedy repeats itself. The bullies feel little or no remorse for what they've done, feeling they've just help weed out the weak.

Teachers and schools need to seriously crack down on bullies. Thats all there is to it.
angeljapan at 02:47 PM JST - 1st October

The lack of discipline against bullies in schools disgusts me. Poor kid.
dennis0bauer at 03:36 PM JST - 1st October

I do not get it, the Top court acknowledge a casual link but do not agree on the parents appeal? At least the acknowledge that there is a bullying problem
ninjitsu182 at 06:59 PM JST - 1st October

Why do the bullies never pay? The schools should deal with these problems, it is not the first time something like this has happend.
outofmydepth at 07:13 PM JST - 1st October

the schools are nothing but chickensh#$%s. the principals, vice ps, adminstation and teachers are afraid of the bullies, the bullies parents and the media. they don`t want anything to "get out" about them. and it all comes out anyway when the bullies go too far. this opaque society (in all walks of it) disgusts me.
OgieDoggie at 05:31 AM JST - 2nd October

The Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday a high court ruling that had acknowledged a causal link between the suicide in 1999 of a 15-year-old junior high school student and the bullying he was suffering at his school-

So if there is a CAUSAL LINK between the suicide and the bullying does that mean the bullys will get a CAUSAL sentence when they come before a judge?