Your words are dangerous... tread carefully!

I think for the first time in our generation people are realizing the power of words.  For the longest time the effect that written word can have on someone was lost.  This goes both ways, either for the good or the bad.  We post comments and statuses as if they are harmless little witty comments, but in reality the words we use and say are effecting people in ways we have never seen.  In the past few years an overwhelming amount of suicides and depression cases have increased.  People have begun to use social networks as a way to put people on blast, and talk about them, sometimes not realizing the overwhelming effects of the words we use.  All of us are guilty at some point in our life for saying something that hurt someone else, not knowing what effects they may have.  Now with the power of social networks people are using it to attack others they have differences with.  Bullying is no longer a verbal or physical attack, it is now an internet attack as well.  The effects of bullying have always been dreadful, but with the rapid spread of information across social networks these bullies can attack their victims and let everyone who is reading it see what they are saying.  This has lead to the kids being attacked to feel even more disconnected from the world they are supposed to feel safe and free in.  Being that these words are expressed across the internet their is very little that can be done to prevent it from happening.  Social networks such as Facebook and Myspace can not possibly monitor ever post that is posted.  Even more so, it would be next to impossible to stop these people from spreading their hate messages across these websites.  The only thing we as the readers can do is try not read what is being posted, but that is easier said than done.  The scary reality of it is that we don't ignore this content, we thrive for it, we yearn for it.  Instead of ignoring it or trying to stop the hate, we "like" because I think most of us truly do not understand the effects of the words being posted.  My challenge to myself and the rest of you reading is this:
---Next time you hear about or read a post that is targeting someone individually or a group of people, don't ignore it, don't "like" it, read it and think about what if that was you being targeted, what if that was your child.  Report these posts, or write back and educate the poster that these types of attacks are far worse than they realize.  If everyone takes a stand against internet bullying, then it will fade away.  Bullies thrive off of reaction, they fade away when they realize no one is listening or reacting anymore. 
---Don't let this message die here! spread the word across your social network... pass this message along... hopefully one day these kinds of attacks will end. 
---For the sake of sounding like a cliche TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! it takes a stronger person to stop bullying than it does to be the one bullying!
THANK YOU!