Comments on: Are You Your Brother’s Online Keeper?

By: fathersez

fathersez — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:21:28 +0000

This is so sad. I would think we are as responsible to our online family as we would be to anyone else we see to be in trouble. The problem is that perhaps, some would not know what to do to try to stop the suicide and others may have thought that it was just a hoax. Reminds me of a movie I saw recently..."Untraceable" I think. It's a story of a boy genius who hooks up murders on the Internet such that the more hits, the faster the victim dies. fathersez´s most recent post: Conserving water in the household – it’s all a matter of attitude

By: heather

heather — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:09:50 +0000

wow, that’s really sad. it does make you wonder, though, because it’s the internet… how much of what you read & see is real or not? or just someone putting up stuff to get attention? in any case, it’s not a joking matter and whoever wrote it needs a lot of love and help.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:53:00 +0000

I don’t think anyone is responsible for this, except Biggs himself. When someone commits suicide, except in certain situations, you can’t blame anyone but the person themselves. This reminds me of that movie where people would watch people get killed online. There is a psychology component to this, people don’t do anything because they think someone else will, but if everyone thinks like that, nothing gets done.

By: Carol from A Book Inside

Carol from A Book Inside — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:25:01 +0000

I was sick when I heard a similar story. The new generation scares me. Did we act like this back when? Carol from A Book Inside´s most recent post: Back to Writing and Publishing Books

By: Todd

Todd — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:47:03 +0000

It really is a sad commentary on today's society that people would have encouraged him to kill himself. Unfortunately, I have seen things like that first hand. It truly is very sad. Todd´s most recent post: Where does the time go?

By: corrine

corrine — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:52:48 +0000

I think that is tragic that people would sit by and watch or encourage. I totally think we are our brother's keepers. I really think we should be helping and encouraging others to be better, and have the responsibility to lift others. as far as this poor guy, I don't know if anyone is to really blame, but too bad no one could have come to his aid sooner. corrine´s most recent post: On the Fourth Day Of Christmas....

By: Franklin

Franklin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:11:58 +0000

I personally couldn’t believe it when I first heard about this story. It’s becoming more and more of the thing to do now, I’ve heard of over 5 suicides by ‘web’ in which people watch them kill themselves. It seems so twisted and sick that it comes to this point, in which people advocate and tell the person to do it and how sad it is that someone is at that point in their life to decide whether or not they wanna live.

By: carol at A Second Cup

carol at A Second Cup — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:01:35 +0000

In the end Abraham is responsible for his own death. This event has that surreal quality to it in that one can't quite believe it happened. Perhaps his death will have people reacting quickly the next time (and there most likely will be a next time). carol at A Second Cup´s most recent post: Parenting In the Real World: Taming the Greedies Part 3

By: Frank Polenose

Frank Polenose — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:18:47 +0000

A sad story but the key line for me was that the internet does blur the boundaries for a lot of people between reality and fiction. It’s sad that this happens.

By: Blog Expert

Blog Expert — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:45:55 +0000

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