Another one bites the dust...really?

I think STOMP , twitter and even FB are trending about how a young local girl had boasted about slapping her mother. She is still a teenager, barely 15.

From what I have read (ya...I do have a bone to pick with 'citizen journalism', but that's another issue altogether), this child claimed to have done the deed, and posted about her actions on FB. She also decided to rant, and called her mother all kinds of derogatory terms. Someone who read her post then sent it to STOMP.  The floodgates opened up a whole slew of reactions - from those who felt so outraged and called insulted her in turn, to those who felt that her actions were really 'cool' and wanted to befriend her...only to be 'hurt' when she accepted one of the 300 people who made the request on FB.

Welcome to the end of civilisation.

I am not going to adopt a 'holier-than-thou' attitude.
I think in my postings, I have had enough grief over the issues that plague society...
Lets just put it such that I want the finger pointing to stop.

I am appealing for those who still hold on to good universal values to look deep into ourselves, and think of what we ought to be doing. It starts with ourselves.

Coming from an educator's perspective...I can guess what needs to be done, and what we are likely to do.

"Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone".
As hard as it is, no matter how 'outraged' or 'appalled' I feel, there must be steps to 'save' this child.
No matter how much bravado she displays, I am sure she is reeling from the consequences of her actions. The vigilantes are up-in-arms against her...and no one can withstand a whole onslaught of abuses hurled back at her (see...karma already...and personally, those who use vulgarities back are no way better than her).

Yes...
She must 'pay'. She needs to know the err of her ways.
But I wonder how many Fbookers, or tweeters or whatsoever, has not publicly ranted, nor called another person names. How many have boosted about hitting or punching or whatsoever your boss or colleague or friend?

Lets ask...
What can we do now?...
Can we turn things around for her?

Or...is she another one of the 'sleeping child', who develops a whole new persona when she is awake?