FacebookTwitter
Hatrack River Forum   
my profile login | search | faq | forum home

  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» Hatrack River Forum » Active Forums » Books, Films, Food and Culture » I just don't understand...............

   
Author Topic: I just don't understand...............
Farmgirl
Member
Member # 5567

 - posted      Profile for Farmgirl   Email Farmgirl         Edit/Delete Post 
........the mindset of people who would decide on some mass suicide pact..

Valentine's Mass Suicide Pact Foiled

I mean -- why would anyone agree with a bunch of people over the internet to all commit suicide together? How would you know it wasn't all just a hoax? What would it prove? Why would people do this?

I just don't understand..............

[Frown]
FG

(I love Hatrackers, but if any of you ever try to talk me into committing suicide -- you can forget it!)

Posts: 9538 | Registered: Aug 2003  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
dread pirate romany
Member
Member # 6869

 - posted      Profile for dread pirate romany   Email dread pirate romany         Edit/Delete Post 
I am guessing they had to be suicidal in the first place. That's very very odd.
Posts: 1021 | Registered: Sep 2004  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
aspectre
Member
Member # 2222

 - posted      Profile for aspectre           Edit/Delete Post 
Internet suicide clubs and pacts are common enough in Japan to be viewed by the government as a serious problem.

It's appearance in the US is just another case of monkey see, monkey do.

[ February 11, 2005, 05:18 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posts: 8501 | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
King of Men
Member
Member # 6684

 - posted      Profile for King of Men   Email King of Men         Edit/Delete Post 
Episode IV : Darwin strikes back!
Posts: 10645 | Registered: Jul 2004  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Jay
Member
Member # 5786

 - posted      Profile for Jay   Email Jay         Edit/Delete Post 
How do you keep your membership up?
Posts: 2845 | Registered: Oct 2003  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Vadon
Member
Member # 4561

 - posted      Profile for Vadon           Edit/Delete Post 
...good... question, that.

Well, I can't remember which country it is, but the teenage population views suicide as something cool to do. I don't see the point, they're going to be dead, how will they live in the glory of their coolness? I'll just never understand people.

Posts: 1831 | Registered: Jan 2003  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Irami Osei-Frimpong
Member
Member # 2229

 - posted      Profile for Irami Osei-Frimpong   Email Irami Osei-Frimpong         Edit/Delete Post 
Suicide is complex. I've never felt a serious urge to do it, to tell the truth, not even an inkling, but in a way, I think it's because I'm too callous. Some people want to die doing something cool. Some people are sensitive to the evil in the world and just want to end it. Think about it, how many Christians would kill themselves if they didn't believe that Jesus wants them to live and if they just keep making it one more day, they'll get to go to the kingdom of heaven? How many people would rather kill themselves than try to make sense of this difficult world? It's almost like a severe form of agoraphobia. I imagine some people in the armed forces are similarly blessed. Hell, if you are taking those 20,000 dollars a month jobs driving trucks in Iraq, there is a little bit of me that thinks they are gambling their life against a big payoff.

If you don't have busy work and you are faced with the reality and the inevitability of your own death, suicide is at least a way to take control over it. I'm just riffing, but there are real reasons.

[ February 11, 2005, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]

Posts: 5600 | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Elizabeth
Member
Member # 5218

 - posted      Profile for Elizabeth   Email Elizabeth         Edit/Delete Post 
I heard about this today. Weird.
Posts: 10890 | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
   

   Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
 - Printer-friendly view of this topic
Hop To:


Contact Us | Hatrack River Home Page

Copyright © 2008 Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.


Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic™ 6.7.2