Father Devastated After Son's Web Cam Suicide

 

I wonder if the people watching and craqcking jokes knew if it was really a joke or not, I mean was it obviously real?

- mizz glo

Posted 11/23/08 02:13 PM

 

 

Perhaps instead of the father being upset at the VIEWERS, where was the father in all of this mess? It’s clearly obvious this kid has issues long before this. Parents should not be casting any blame. Teenage suicide is a huge issue in this country, and everyone should be aware.

- Joshua

Posted 11/23/08 02:44 PM

 

 

Did he actually take the pils in front of the web cam? If so then those that just sat and watched are the ones that are the sick ones.If not then how was anyone except maby a close freind that may have possibly been watching.More important though is why and what led him to want to end his life?

- Charles Queen

Posted 11/23/08 02:47 PM

 

 

blaming the father is inappropriate, and you are completely insensitive to do so. he will blame himself the rest of his life. maybe you were one of the viewers, johsua? anyone who viewed and did not report something AT LEAST to the website is culpable.

- essence

Posted 11/23/08 02:52 PM

 

 

The internet is rife with hoaxes and pranks, and I can’t fault those that witnessed it for being unwilling to believe they were witnessing an actual suicide when they had so little information about the person on the other end of the webcam. A sad event, but to blame those online for failure to stop this is to blame those least involved with this young man’s life.

- Charlie

Posted 11/23/08 02:55 PM

 

 

Yes this is a terrible thing that happened. There is no regulation on this though. The government cannot stand by and ‘regulate’ something of this event. What do you expect, some goverment agency to sit around and spy on everyone to make sure they aren’t doing something their parents wouldn’t like. Parents need to be parents not the government.

- Ben

Posted 11/23/08 02:55 PM

 

 

“Now his father is calling for some kind of regulation so something like this cannot happen again.” Give it a rest, Do not restrict my fredoms because of a Tragic event. We watched American’s begeadings, we watch shootings, we watch cops and people being treated as meat. We have movies that want this as pay per view. lets do a reality check. Most thought it was a hoax. He chose to kill himself. (why is that a bad thing?) I guess the father is in grief, funny how they blame others for what they missed. I may seem cold to this but maybe blame the anti-depressive/psycotic meds? we know that send people to this and we hand them out like candy as passive restraint. The PC did not kill him. the people watching did not force the pills down his throat. Would it be any better if he did it in quiet? No it’s worse. This brings attention to the issues of depression, meds and parental responsibility. This exposed a horrible event but secrets keep us sick. Do not take the one good thing from this and hide it away like a dirty secret.

- TC

Posted 11/23/08 02:56 PM

 

 

This is old news by now. Yeah, he an hero’d on cam. A bunch of people watched and egged him on. Get over it. Kids kill themselves all the time. It’s their choice and their fault. Let this story rest in peace and move on.

- Get over it

Posted 11/23/08 02:57 PM

 

 

the problem is the benzodiazepines they give us! I took it for 1 month and I felt suicidal myself, and im perfectly sane. These pharmaceuticals are trying to take over the world. They force your children to take these meds and even claim child abuse if you dont do it. We as Americans should not put up with this! campaignforliberty.com

- ron

Posted 11/23/08 03:02 PM

 

 

If I saw this happening on the internet I’d have thought it was a joke too. Only his family or possibly his friends could have had any clue that he was gonna do this. The people that knew him were the ones that turned a blind eye to everything that led up to this.

- Joe

Posted 11/23/08 03:03 PM

 

 

The young man was suffering with bipolar disorder. As the mother of a daughter who is bipolar I understand that the lows that occur are far worse than what most of us think of as depression. There is no blame to be placed here; one in ten people who are bipolar commit suicide. Yes, he took the pills on camera and declared his intent to end his life. Yes, it would have been great if someone would have had the foresight to think, “Hey, I better try to contact someone in case this is real.” But the fact is we live in a society so desensitized to the human condition that knowing people sat around watching and waiting to see if he died or not while joking doesn’t really surprise us. Sad sad sad. My heart goes out to all the people who loved him. It is horrifying for those of us with sons and daughters, siblings, spouses, parents or friends suffering with bipolar disorder. Please show some compassion in both your online and “real” lives for people living with this burden.

- KS

Posted 11/23/08 03:04 PM

 

 

The main problem is people don’t know what to do in a situation like this. Do you call 911 and say someone, somewhere in the world, “might” be trying to commit suicide? How do you report it if you don’t even know who they are or where they are or if it’s real or not?

- :(

Posted 11/23/08 03:05 PM

 

 

Hey “father”. How about identifying the problems and issues that your son is going through rather than blaming other people? How about that?

- Gary

Posted 11/23/08 03:06 PM

 

 

As a technology professional, I can tell you that it is 100% impossible for you to regulate this. Good luck trying, as so many others have tried in the past for similar reasons.

- Cody Petry

Posted 11/23/08 03:07 PM

 

 

One more time i feel that the people that told him to go for it on line should be tried for accesory to murder.

- Eddie Brown

Posted 11/23/08 03:08 PM

 

 

I wonder if anyone who’s posted so far, whether to support the father or condemn him, realize that the young man’s displaying his suicide on the internet was a call for help. If any of you know anything about suicide, you’ll know that most suicide attempts are the act of reaching out for help. I’m just sorry no one picked up the phone.

- S

Posted 11/23/08 03:09 PM

 

 

“One more time i feel that the people that told him to go for it on line should be tried for accesory to murder.” Bad drug interactions are shielded from prosicution

- TC

Posted 11/23/08 03:12 PM

 

 

you can’t regulate something like this. How sad can this be…..but you can regulate the pharmicuticals much better than we do. i feel so sorry for the pain the boy must have been going through. we don’t pay enough attention in this country to mental health. instead we sit back and ignore it and sordidly watch as these things take place. SHAME!!!!!

- bo thompson

Posted 11/23/08 03:12 PM

 

 

In todays world of shocking video how is someone supposed to know he took real pills? I hate to be the one to say it but he didnt wake up suicidal and do something about this. There were proably signs for a long time that he was depressed, upset, unhappy so on and so forth. Ignoring the first warning signs then coming to blame anyone who watched it happen is a cop out. I understand its hard to admit you have a responsibility in this by ignoring the issues but it is not anyones fault on the internet.

- Anonymous

Posted 11/23/08 03:17 PM

 

 

The father will feel this pain for the rest of his life, yes. But as a father, I say he missed something in his son’s life that he should known about. As noted, the internet is full of hoaxes and jaded people looking for something new. I did not watch this web event, but if I had… exactly, what COULD I have done? No, I do not blame those who watched the event. I do place blame on the father though. I know he is grieving, but when your kid is hurting enough inside to commit such a public suicide, it is NOT the governmet’s responsibility to monitor. Nor is it the responsibility of the internet provider to keep these kinds of tabs on users. Does anyone understand how pervasive this would be, to have someone monitoring you? Ask someone from China how much better they feel about their internet usage, with the government filtering what they can see or do… It is a sad event that his son died, but as his father, he should have seen some kind of signs himself, and got his son the help he needed. The government has no right or reason to monitor internet usage.

- a dad who blames this dad

Posted 11/23/08 03:17 PM

 

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