Social networks have become part of life. No amount of warnings or rules will control teachers as Malta has now reached the dangerous stage were these sites are involved.

The only way that filters abuse and incorrect behaviour, is by having a full-time Facebook/social network audit team to monitor the situation – these should be employed full-time by each school – state, private and church.

Clearly, this case isn’t equal to James Bulger’s case – the 4 year old toddler who was snatched from a supermarket by two boys under 15.

They were minors at the time and were charged even though they were minors but the case of Erin Stewart Palmier refers to minor versus adult.

What’s significant is how everyone seems at a loss where to start. I take it most simply don’t want to ‘judge’ lest it means taking in the stale air we’ve reserved ourselves.

What is intolerable is romanticising her death to correspond with the national pastime: fatalistic indulgence.

Portraying him as some victim of society will be the uttermost hypocrisy. I refuse to include him as one of ‘us’.

His culpability cannot be emphasized enough if we want to avoid the endless chit-chat about cyber-bullying and the rest.

Or do we want to censor ourselves as usual?

When a teacher takes a pupil to some cliffs in dead of night and she ends up dead, he can expect plenty of flak.

The only good that can come out of this girl’s tragedy is that, hopefully, schools will keep an eye on their current staff, and will be more careful with regards to who they employ to work with children.

Are Tanti-Palmier’s pupil/friends still falling over themselves to defend the deviant jerk? Sorry but I’ve been busy.

Well said, Jozef. However, with the warped thinking, both in the general public and the justice system, this creep will walk.

From the above piece from which I quoted, it’s clear that he’s the type of man who associates attractive women with vapidity, so by default all intelligent women must be ugly or plain.

In any case he seriously seems to have issues. Probably been rejected one time too many and his ego couldn’t take it. It’s no wonder he probably could never relate to women his own age.

‘Honey, shut your mouth’ – ugh, how patronizing.

I was, in fact, pointing out the court leniency to which you’re referring and the sick attitude the nation has towards child protection.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

It is time for the courts to stop acting with the increased leniency they have shown over the last few years, and acknowledge that adults acting inappropriately with under age children is not on and is never excusable or acceptable