No Place to Hide: The Rehtaeh Parsons Story

.... until it's our nightmare? Is a sense of decency in 96-98% ? Of us able to sleep through the explosion of unimaginable suffering and sorrow at the hands of a fraction of humanity whose behavior we all agree is abhorrent unthinkable cruel - all that stuff too vulgar for words to contain- yet until it detonates in our lives, we fail to notice the avoidable needless tragedy our collective decency could end. Or at least begin to. This story demands we notice because there are more atrocities inside it than any one life should be forced to bear alone. And this story deserves better than a cowardly dance around its edges in scattered fingers of blame that by dividing in direction only weakens the impact on ALL (= any) who take part in what our united rage at the indecency fights fiercely together- and not only when it detonates in our backyard but before it happens to anyone again. Yes I'm American and this is a Canadian atrocity and laws differ. But decency doesn't. Whatever happens to you happens to me. That's my American idealism but I swear to God... technology advancements that bring unaddressed misery on its back are failures.

Pretty well done short documentary of a very heartbreaking story. I will say that I did not like the journalist lady who they interviewed for most of the documentary. She speaks in vocal fry and it's very annoying and distracting. Also I found it odd how much she was smiling during her interview.

Since the start of social media there has been little laws to regulate hold account for the damage and destruction that can and has been done. For me social media as much as it can be used for good sadly it can and is also used for Evil what Social media has done is given a platform for the sick nasty evil beings to be able to spread and damage anyone they want to target by posts photos and trolling and until more laws are made to regulate stop this many will suffer at these sick individuals hands.

I am not reliant on social media as the young seem to be it has become very much the youths platform for social interaction .

This very sad story of a lovely intelligent warm human being being raped and turned into a villain instead of the victim that she was breaks my heart the total lack of concern and action shown by the Nova Scotia Police is Crimminal and they should be held to account. As they were the catalyst Social media was accountable for the continuation of injustice!

Nobody should have gone through what Rehtaeh was subjected to both in the rape and subsequent ordeals after it happened my heart goes out to her family and the strength they have had to find to deal with what happened .

Rest in Peace Rehtaeh.

A true documentary covering a gang rape an inept police response and the tragic loss of an innocent life so young.

Canada, and virtually the entire EU now have laws prohibiting the type of internet victim blaming that drove this young woman to suicide. In the US, the ACLU which gets support for social media companies that do not want to take any responsibility has systematical worked to block such laws in the US.