college kid commits suicide after being secretly taped

Yeah, that is quite possibly the saddest thing I have ever read.

a kid walking down the street that gets killed by a stray bullet is sad. a kid jumping off a bridge doesn't sadden me. it sucks that he was embarressed by what transpired with the filming.

81 wrote:

a kid walking down the street that gets killed by a stray bullet is sad. a kid jumping off a bridge doesn't sadden me. it sucks that he was embarressed by what transpired with the filming.

That's pretty cold, dude.

why should i feel bad for a kid that made a decision to jump off a bridge? really?

it's pretty crappy his room mate did that to him, but in the big picture of life, it wasn't that big of a deal. if you are so embarressed that you can't show face on campus again, drop out and transfer. sue the kids and make thier life misareable.

sorry, i don't feel bad for the kid because he commited sucide.

neilybabes86 wrote:

81 wrote:

a kid walking down the street that gets killed by a stray bullet is sad. a kid jumping off a bridge doesn't sadden me. it sucks that he was embarressed by what transpired with the filming.

cmon bro ..its sad that he was so embarassed that he had to kill himself

At the risk of agreeing with neilybabes here, I concur. If you have never experienced the gun-in-mouth blues, for whatever reason, then consider yourself fortunate. There is a level of pain, and in cases like this, humilation most of us couldn't possibly understand. Try to have some empathy.

speaking of suicide....

anybody remember this story

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ridge.html

sad ... i'm sure all their friends were laughing when they did this ... glad someone had the courage to report this to authorities ... :(

i'm gonna postulate that this kid came from a very conservative religious household ...

Boo Boo wrote:

81 wrote:

Lizard wrote:

That is just tragic.

I hope the culprits are charged for something---at the very least for posting personal stuff like that!!! That lady that made a fake myspace that directly lead to that girl killing herself was charged. I know she got off...

God I hate people.

they were charged for the recording and transmitting of an unathorized sexual foray. i suspect they will get fined and do a small out of time. i don't see how you can charge them with anything related to the death.

I agree with 81 on his first post. No, it doesn't sadden me. Yes, He had to deal with the embarrassment of being caught on tape with another guy, but to kill yourself over it is just selfish. I feel for the pain he must have been feeling but to kill yourself and then cause your own family even more grief because you decided to experiment with homosexuality or even if you were gay. Well that's just silly. However I do agree they should have some punishment to pay. The filming and posting of this (as stated in the article) is a fouth degree crime. They should do the time for that alone.

Well if everyone in the world could handle problems as well as you and 81, it would be just a perfect place. Feel free to step down from the high horse anytime.

Boo Boo wrote:

81 wrote:

Lizard wrote:

That is just tragic.

I hope the culprits are charged for something---at the very least for posting personal stuff like that!!! That lady that made a fake myspace that directly lead to that girl killing herself was charged. I know she got off...

God I hate people.

they were charged for the recording and transmitting of an unathorized sexual foray. i suspect they will get fined and do a small out of time. i don't see how you can charge them with anything related to the death.

I agree with 81 on his first post. No, it doesn't sadden me. Yes, He had to deal with the embarrassment of being caught on tape with another guy, but to kill yourself over it is just selfish. I feel for the pain he must have been feeling but to kill yourself and then cause your own family even more grief because you decided to experiment with homosexuality or even if you were gay. Well that's just silly. However I do agree they should have some punishment to pay. The filming and posting of this (as stated in the article) is a fouth degree crime. They should do the time for that alone.

I do not agree.

You never know what goes on in another person's mind. You don't know what his background was or what kind of messages he'd been getting from his family all his life. It may not have been a case of embarrassment for himself but of deep shame that he thought he'd brought on his family. He may have thought he was sparing them grief, not bringing it on them. There are reasons why gays have higher suicide rates.

Even if his thinking was distorted (as I'm sure it was; that's typical for people who suicide), it's cruel to refer to someone who felt such desperation as "selfish" or "silly."