To still be really upset about this ice bucket challenge thing?

[extremepie]

Ok, not the challenge itself but I was browsing the other day (on Facebook I think) and a story came up about a 14yr old boy with autism who got convinced to do the challenge by his 'friends' who then filmed it. Except it wasn't iced water they dumped on him it was..well excrement.

I just feel so so sad for that poor boy, it's a terrible thing to do to anyone but especially for someone with ASD who probably struggles to make friends anyway I just cannot imagine how humiliated and hurt he must have been and what effect it will have on the rest of his life.

It makes me absolutely boiling with rage to think of someone doing that to my son, who also has ASD.

Aibu to feel really affected by this story? I can't get it out of my head :(

TheCunnyFunt Apologies, I hadn't seen that! I was thinking of a different case.

I do think some of them were a bit stupid, people using huge buckets, in one I saw someone using a metal bin! I don't understand the need to show off & use as big a vessel as possible, or having it tipped on you from a height.

It's good enough done in it's simplest form!

Yep the bucket that dropped on that poor girls head looked like one of those big solid heavy plastic tubs with rope handles. Must've weighed a tonne with all that water in.

It was really sad as her younger sister was doing it with her, she was a child, only 7 or 8 and they were holding hands waiting for the water :(

Facebook is a tool, as such it can be used for good reasons and bad. Just like any other.

That poor boy, it's disgusting that he did that and awful that nothing is happening to the bullies.

Just seen AgaPanthers update, I'm glad they are taking it seriously.