Kids do the weirdest things, though I'm sort of hesitant as to 'guess' why 12-13year olds would be doing this kind of stuff because even though theyre not generally the brightest of bulbs, it is a patentedly stupid thing to do. Can't really blame the parents either too much, most of the time theyre wandering around worried the little mongrels arent getting into drugs, losing a limb on a pushbike jumping a creek or drowning in the same said creek.
Watching videos of someone being hung and they deciding theyre going to do that as well is one of the way out of left-field kind of things you wouldnt even consider as a threat, though they shouldnt have been watching it in the first place.

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Originally posted by Lilith Kids do the weirdest things, though I'm sort of hesitant as to 'guess' why 12-13year olds would be doing this kind of stuff because even though theyre not generally the brightest of bulbs, it is a patentedly stupid thing to do. Can't really blame the parents either too much, most of the time theyre wandering around worried the little mongrels arent getting into drugs, losing a limb on a pushbike jumping a creek or drowning in the same said creek. Watching videos of someone being hung and they deciding theyre going to do that as well is one of the way out of left-field kind of things you wouldnt even consider as a threat, though they shouldnt have been watching it in the first place.

Well, my comment was more along the lines of, if there's anyone to blame, it's the parents/kid, not a broadcast of the hanging. Or perhaps the kid just mucked up and made an incredibly stupid mistake.

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Obviously they weren't needed in the gene pool...

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Hah, kind of hard to notch it up to a 'life learning experience' like poking bitey animals with sticks, starting fires or falling off a skateboard a few times. There where a fair few kids that did it as well, so I suspect it was more of a deliberate thing than a any kind of accident.
Bit hard to blame anyone or anything really if that was all it took to do it.

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Originally posted by Lilith Hah, kind of hard to notch it up to a 'life learning experience' like poking bitey animals with sticks, starting fires or falling off a skateboard a few times. There where a fair few kids that did it as well, so I suspect it was more of a deliberate thing than a any kind of accident. Bit hard to blame anyone or anything really if that was all it took to do it.

I think they should have noticed him (Saddam) die at the end. Otherwise they have very poor observational skills. Since when was a noose a toy? Well, to elaborate, I'm just sick of people, especially parents, always blaming something else other than themselves and expecting the goverment to babysit them, or this annoyingly prevelant concept of entitlement (that we have atleast here in the US).

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Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
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Thought most of the kids that did it where in North Africa and the middle east. But yes, western parents do have a problem with blaming anything and everything for their kids doing stupid crap.
My personal favorite blame is video games cause school shootings
2nd dumb blame would be music caused their kids to worship satan or take drugs.
3rd would probably be the 'blame' TV for making their kids do something daft like pokeymons or whatever.

Heres a hint!
Be a parent and not rely on the media as a babysitter!

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Originally posted by Lilith Thought most of the kids that did it where in North Africa and the middle east. But yes, western parents do have a problem with blaming anything and everything for their kids doing stupid crap. My personal favorite blame is video games cause school shootings 2nd dumb blame would be music caused their kids to worship satan or take drugs. 3rd would probably be the 'blame' TV for making their kids do something daft like pokeymons or whatever. Heres a hint! Be a parent and not rely on the media as a babysitter!

Word. But most people are too obsessed with their own personal lives to give a rats ass about anything else (usually money, toys, trinkets, partying, compensating for their lack of self-esteem/seeking approval/validation, and getting layed/cheating), which ofcourse is their fault.

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Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by Lilith Thought most of the kids that did it where in North Africa and the middle east. But yes, western parents do have a problem with blaming anything and everything for their kids doing stupid crap. My personal favorite blame is video games cause school shootings 2nd dumb blame would be music caused their kids to worship satan or take drugs. 3rd would probably be the 'blame' TV for making their kids do something daft like pokeymons or whatever. Heres a hint! Be a parent and not rely on the media as a babysitter!

Preach on man!

And don't worry shaolin, the entitlement disease lives well over here too...

In fact, while I was at the gym today, I was overhearing what 'should' have been a conversation but I couldn't believe the attitude of this one girl towards her trainer!
Telling him to shut up, speaking over him during the debate, treating him like he was some idiot.
I have no idea why he put up with it; personally I would have told her to shove her money back into her belly rolls...

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Preach on man! And don't worry shaolin, the entitlement disease lives well over here too... In fact, while I was at the gym today, I was overhearing what 'should' have been a conversation but I couldn't believe the attitude of this one girl towards her trainer! Telling him to shut up, speaking over him during the debate, treating him like he was some idiot. I have no idea why he put up with it; personally I would have told her to shove her money back into her belly rolls...

What a bitch.

EDIT: No double standard here. I call men out on being pigs/dogs, when they act like it.

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Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by Lilith it is a patentedly stupid thing to do.

Why? Wouldn't that mean these people were all stupid?

Given their achievments, it's hard to believe it... :/

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Originally posted by Lira Why? Wouldn't that mean these people were all stupid? Given their achievments, it's hard to believe it... :/

I don't see much of an indication of the kids being suicidal (due to depression). :/

EDIT: You want your old job back Lira? * hint, hint *

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"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z I don't see much of an indication of the kids being suicidal (due to depression). :/

Well, take Alisen Akti's questions as an indication that the kid did want to die. Why exactly do you think he would've wanted to know about death and suffering, days before his own death?

It's often a defence mechanism to just consider them all "stupid" and ignore all the other possibilites behind a suicide. It surprised me, in the other thread, that they were suddenly labelled as being deprived of any intelligence, even though the article says nothing about it

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