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I understand that this may not be a popular view or even a view that other people can understand. This was a situation that got way out of hand. What seemed to be a mean spirited prank, intended to hurt someone, turned out to be the thing that drove someone to kill themselves. That kid is the true victim of this situation, but he is not the only victim. These kids will have to live every day of their lives with the burden of guilt and resentment. I'm not saying that they should be let free or even considered decent human beings, I just think that we could spare some thought to how they must be feeling as well. If anything, I think that some other people should practice some empathy for everyone involved.
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Your point kind of reminded me of an episode of This American Life where they talked about people who were responsible for someone elses death. I did feel bad for those people because it seemed like they felt tortured for the rest of their lives. Its easy to be mad at those kids who humiliated the poor guy, and i guess its not so easy to try to see what those kids who did the humiliating must be going through right now. I think it is brave to take a different stance and try to see it from your point of view. Just reading some of the comments on here about how the kid was a coward and took the easy way out is what bothered me. But I guess I should know better not to let things on the internet bother me too much because alot of people write things for that very purpose.
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pot has been decriminalized in MA since january 09
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ReyRey showed up at the Brolo/Her & Kings County show in Dallas last year. We all had a blast. We took a lot of photos. I had them on Facebook.
Thanks to the heads-up from Big Jim back in April or May, took down all the pics with him in it. Kinda creepy/scary. |
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Insomniac108, I agree with you on the suicide part. You've convinced me. The other guy in that bed didn't commit suicide...but one chose to. However, I still don't agree that suicide is a cowardly action (not your point, I know) and think that pushing someone to that level of depression and grief is sociopathic. I think it is important that we don't just blow off suicide, that we try to understand where that person is coming from. So though I think the kid is responsible for the actions that led to the suicide, if I was on the jury, I couldn't find him guilty for it (but I'd throw the maximum penalties for any other crime that would stick). |
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It's a selfish act committed by one who's mind is in such a state of depression bringing about an irrational mindset that either you don't realize the impact your suicide will have, or you truly believe that their lives would be better if they didn't have to deal with them anymore.
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