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19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by tdavis »

swombat wrote: post #136
tdavis wrote: post #121

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I have since apologize for this stupid comment here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=371638 I didn't reply here because I doubt the down-vote wave has crested.

You shouldn't have apologised. Shame on you for giving in to the righteous hordes, from a moral standpoint. From a business standpoint, it may have seemed the only practical action, but in my mind you compromised your personal integrity by apologising to these people, and I'm sorry that you did.

I believe in the end it was something that deserved an apology, but doing so certainly did compromise my personal integrity. I guess compromising it one time won't kill me.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

rksprst wrote: post #179
jrockway wrote: post #151

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This comment is so depressing that I am going to kill myself. I hope you get indicted for second degree manslaughter when I die. (My point phrased less cynically: telling a commenter on a forum to kill himself should not be the same crime as flattening someone with your car.)

Watching someone dying and not doing anything about it is different than telling someone to kill himself on a forum. Also, read my comment again. I never said I hoped they get charged with something, I said it would be interesting to see if they do. There will be a public outcry and no doubt some prosecutor is going to try to pin some charges against them.

Watching someone dying and not doing anything about it is different than telling someone to kill himself on a forum.

Yeah, I hate it when consenting adults make their own decisions. I mean, the nerve!! Don't they know that dying is Really Bad?

There will be a public outcry and no doubt some prosecutor is going to try to pin some charges against them.

You do know that this is not the first time that someone has killed themselves on a webcam, right? No charges have ever stuck before, so I don't see why they would this time.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by mattmaroon »

run4yourlives wrote: post #170
mattmaroon wrote: post #125

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Are you kidding? You don't even have to input your email to sign up. It's easier to be anonymous here than anywhere else, it's just that more people choose not to be.

Well, I meant it more that nobody will really take an anonymous profile seriously here, unlike other sites.

I don't know about you, but I take everyone seriously until I have a reason not to.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by mattmaroon »

electromagnetic wrote: post #184
mattmaroon wrote: post #113

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You know that actually is pretty sad. I've heard a lot of rumors about Aspergers and violence being linked, but a cursory internet search seems to show that there's little or no evidence. As if sufferers didn't have enough problems to deal with.

From what I've seen, any link between Aspergers and violence is largely irrelevant. When people who are already socially isolated are mocked and ridiculed by 'normal' people throughout their lives, then it isn't a case of Aspergers being linked to violence it's a case of victims getting revenge and if human history tells us anything it's that victims often go for revenge. If I was repeatedly mocked and ridiculed, it…

Well, a lot of people are mocked and ridiculed all their lives and don't go on a killing spree, but I get your point.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by mattmaroon »

Tichy wrote: post #149
mattmaroon wrote: post #109

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Can't be done. What we need to do (and should have before the internet) is have a better support system for people with mental health issues. Once you're broadcasting the fact that you're thinking about suicide on the net, it's only a matter of time. It's a shame that people seem to have spurred him on, but there's a really high chance people in his life saw something coming (or would have if they knew what to look f…

I guess in many cases the problem is that it is not obvious how to react to mental health issues. There are only theories on how to cure someone, but few certain measurements. Still, at least attempts at cures should be made (or at prevention).

As their family member it's obvious how to react: tell them to get help, and ride them about it until they do. I've done this. The second part is probably the more important.

There's no guarantee that help will be successful of course, but you've at least done what you can.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by fallentimes »

jrockway wrote: post #152
smoody wrote: post #29

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memo to self: stop using ticketstumbler.com

memo to self: start using ticketstumbler.com. I'm glad the guy has an actual personality. I agree with his statement, too. Pills + webcam = boredom.

Thank you.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by debt »

axod wrote: post #130
debt wrote: post #75

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Honestly. Justin.tv is not doing well. The service is shoddy, every channel is riddled with pedophiles and now this.

"every channel is riddled with pedophiles" Seriously? Do you have proof of this?

Visit one of the channels.
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