Unaccepted

Wow. After reading the “Story of a Suicide”, I must say that it makes me sad to read how Tyler’s roommate treated him and what he did. I think Ravi should be 100% completely punished for posting those tweets and speaking mean things of Tyler.   Clementi was just an ordinary kid who was starting college with the secret of being gay and had to deal with this as a welcoming. From posting things such as “I saw him making out with a dude. Yay” or “FUCK MY LIFE / He’s gay” (Parker) Ravi had no right to invade Tyler’s and secretly record him with his significant other. In general, invasion of another individual’s private things would probably be my biggest pet peeve. Even though was no “posting, no observed sex..” the idea of it is still really mean. It’s crazy because Ravi was just an ordinary person living his life and decided to make the wrong decision. By using “a webcam to secretly watch Clementi in an embrace with a young man” Ravi and Wei went pass the line and ultimately caused his death. It’s sad to see an individual go so far in his life doing his best to be accepted and then just result to an end. Within the trial, Ravi had many excuses but his main goal was to embarrass Tyler.

“RAVI: Did you tell them we did it on purpose?

WEI: Yeah . . well that we didn’t know what we were gonna see.”

This conversation clearly shows that Ravi had wrongful intentions in posting these things about Clementi. It’s interesting to see how this article relates to technology and to show that it keeps people connected but can also spread information within a matter of seconds.

It’s hard for me to defend Ravi’s side in this situation and view it as a regular guy caught in the wrong place with no accountability. However, if I was to support him, I would suggest that he should be punished but maybe not for the length of five to ten years. Even though all of his actions were done on his own will, maybe a couple of years in prison or therapy might even be a better recommendation. Also, Ravi could have also had the intentions of doing all of this as a joke. There were responses shown that revealed how Ravi felt a sense of compassion for him: “He’s poor” or “I feel bad for him” (Parker). Even though there may have been these remarks, I believe that Ravi is still guilty.

In the beginning, Ravi already had a negative attitude towards the fact that Tyler was gay. Even after looking at the story in a more nuanced way, I think that Ravi is still 100% at fault for what he had done. There’s no way around it. He completely invaded Tyler’s privacy and posting things that made him completely insecure of himself. Ravi broadcasted his personal time! That has to be one of the most immature and rudest acts I have ever seen. He clearly went over the line and wasn’t thinking. Hopefully Ravi learned his lesson…