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Boys Die Copying Saddam Hanging (pg. 5)
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| Aristronica |
it's probably an attention thing.
they see how much of it is being devoted to this man and in their mind the two and two go together.
so this is not much different than some of you whores here.
whoever hangs themselves wins the whore-off. |
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| guster |
that'd be like a TA ripper thing.
i'm trying to think back on things i imitated as a kid. list includes famous athletes and the ninja turtles.
not dubious dictators that were hanged. then again, none were hanged during my childhood. |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by guster
is hanging the new okra? :haha: |
Gives you a feeling of being a few feet above the ground. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Stupid people deserve stupid things like this. |
Please, don't ever blame this on stupidity.
First of all, this is a known phenomenom in sociology, and similar to one of the main reasons why suicides are hardly ever reported (i.e. the Werther effect). Sure, this case is somewhat different, but the fact that Saddam accepted his death might be one reason why it could be seen as suicide-like by these boys.
Second, this has not anything to do with "cognition" and, therefore, any kind of stupidity. Otherwise, it would be hard to believe that one of the greatest geniuses of last century decided to end his life the way he did. Actually, most of these kids weren't even teens (and the only teen was just 13), a period through which we all experience for the first time emotional turmoils and social problems. As they're entering social life more consciously, so to speak, they don't necessarily have the social biases against suicide as part of their worldview.
Now that all doubts regarding stupidity and suicide might've been cleared, probably the most informative bit of the whole article was the following:
| quote: | | "After watching Saddam's execution he was constantly asking 'How was Saddam killed?' and 'Did he suffer?'" Akti was quoted as saying. |
Maybe the kid was planning on killing himself, and he just found out a way of doing it. As you can read in the essay written by Schopenhauer, films, and from life in general, there are many reasons why these kids might've chosen to end their lives in such manner. Specially because the images don't really show any kind of despair or gore (which would probably scare these kids), so it might seem "clean" and "trivial".
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_bas
edit // Oh, the report talks about multiple cases. Way to go youth of the world! |
This is not something that affects kids exclusively, you know?
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Are the parents the only ones to be blamed ? Or is the media to be blamed for showing such graphic violence ? |
Under ordinary circunstances, the media is advised not to report such events because of their social impact, so that's one to blame.
The parents could also fail to realised the child is depressed, although blaming the parents is not an easy thing to do in that case, given the fact that depression (and suicide) are frowned upon, and therefore the parents might find themselves in a state of denial until the child eventually decideds to take a more drastic measure.
As most things in life, there's no scapegoat, suicide is a long context-based process. |
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| guster |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Gives you a feeling of being a few feet above the ground. |
:haha: :haha: |
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| Platipus |
| natural selection at its finest... |
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| stren |
| quote: | Originally posted by Platipus
natural selection at its finest... |
darwin awards runner ups for certain |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
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Damnit, I was just about to post that. |
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| Clovis |
| Yet more bull coming from his hanging. Probably the dumbest thing to happen in 2006. |
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| Sunsnail |
| Could've sworn it was 07 |
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| Frenchie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Could've sworn it was 07 |
Saddam happened in 2006 |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
Yet more bull coming from his hanging. Probably the dumbest thing to happen in 2006. |
Could've sworn he meant the dumbest thing was the bull |
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