There are always gonna be people that will push someone they see as weaker. I do agree that it would be better to give the person some encouragement and let them know they are not alone, but seriously. They announced their intention in a public chatroom. Would you really expect them to follow through? It is like the crowd at the bottom of the building with a jumper on the ledge, don't you always expect to hear at least one person in the crowd say, "Go ahead, JUMP". That doesn't make it right but there is a side of human nature that wants to weed out the weaker ones. That same person that yells jump would probably be freaked if that person actually jumped. It is never really expected. I watched a soldier commit suicide in a combat zone, he was to scared to continue he said, it was sudden and without warning. But the general mindset among those of us that had witnessed it was,"Why didn't he just walk out from behind cover, the other side would have been happy to kill him and he would have been a casuality of war, not a suicide".
On the subject of online bullying, and to some respect the man that let himself be talked into a suicide online. I will always side with someone that is being bullied, it is my nature, to protect someone weaker or less fortunate, and I do believe that ANY form of bullying is wrong, but honestly, there is a way to ultimately stop the online side of it. Turn off the computer. Personally, I believe the bully to be the weaker one, having to boost their own esteem at the expense of others.
We are all responsible for our own decisions and actions, we need to stop blaming others. It goes back to the idea that a song made someone commit suicide. No, the song was just an excuse, usually for those remaining, to feel better that maybe they should have seen the signs and done more to help. Just my two cents, don't spend it all in one place.
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