Call me crazy but... I think that bullies, and learning to deal with them, is a vital part of a childs development.

Bullies should not go to jail. However, when the bully causes the death of another, then there is reasonable cause for them to be sent to jail (check the canadian murder law). i know thet this probably is an american dominated site, but cyberbullying isn't limited to america, i happens in other places too.

just wanted to stick my two cents in. in the end, i agree with the idea, but not the question.

If someone bullys someone until they kill themselves, that's completely different to bullying. Just as there was someone who videoed their gay roommate having sex, who killed himself, and has been jailed for manslaughter (I believe, haven't read about it in a while), pushing someone to suicide is manslaughter. Bullying, whilst horrible, is no where near as severe as this, and I do not feel it warrants such an extreme reaction.

However, there are many forms of bullying, and any that break other laws (such as beating someone up) do deserve jail. This is due to the other offenses though, and not the bullying itself.

Bullies should not go to jail for bullying. There is no law that has been put in place that states that anyone can be charged for "bullying." If the situation turns into a true crime than yes, the bully should be charged to the full extent of the law for the crime that was committed. Bullying is wrong and affects people in different ways but unfortunatley there is no law against bullying itself.

I think they should get mental help like going to a psychiatrist i don't think we should go to the extreme of jail. Bullies are no more than people trying to resolve their own problems with violence. I am a person who has been bullied before ,and i think it would be going to far to send a bully to jail.

I beleive that if people get bullied enough to a point that they kill themselves then yes they should go to jail. But I am neutral to this argument because of the fact that if it isn`t a, "you come to school, I will kill you." then the school should take care of the problem.

In what way is this bully engaging in the act for which he is named? What defines a bully? Are you implying people should be locked away for a mildly degrading, somewhat humorous pun made under their breath? If somebody is violently causing harm to a person, then yes they may ought to go jail. Jail is there for both the protection of society and the rehabilitation of those who harm it in fact, or in practice. Verbal bullying, though hurtful to many - I'm not unfamiliar with various methods of bashing, including the highly aggressive (a car and a knife was involved) - is nothing I think should be punishable with jail. At least not until the car and the knife do, on the rare occasion, get involved.

Should we have thought police like in North Korea as well? I don't like bullying, but this is a bit of an overreaction.

I am thinking of childhood bullying. Children should be disciplined right away if they are Bullies. If an adult is a Bully and causes someone to commit suicide, the adult Bully should be given a jail sentence.

Bullies should not be held accountable for their victims argument. This is so because it was the victim who killed themselves, Not the bully. Suicide is different from murder. So bullies should not be punished for something they did not do. Unless there is proof of evidence that shows that the bully actually killed the victim then i would say otherwise but if it was a suicide it was a SUICIDE. Do not make it into something that it´s not. Sending kids to jail is not the answer and it certainly wont make the situation any better.

I think bullies should not go to jail because, bulling is a stage if you will and even though many commit suicide that is there fault its all choices you choose to feel pain or sadness so you choose to die NO-ONE held a gun to your face a said you must kill your self. Besides if there were jail sentences for in-mature comments then we would all be in jail.