The reason it's not the same is because in person, when I was bullied in school, I couldn't just exit. I had to take it. I had to face those people every single day.
Nobody forces you to read forum posts. Especially something as obscure as a dog forum of all places. While I understand that direct cyber-bullying is a problem, it is only a problem when it is, again, *direct*. Personal emails, facebook posts, things like that that are sent to the person. Not posts on a forum. It's not the same. Nobody has to read the opinions of other people on the internet, people that aren't even talking to them and have no impact on their lives. That's not bullying, in my opinion. And that's coming from someone who was fairly heavily bullied, both offline in school, and online directly.