Man webcam suicide on chatroom at March 23, 2007
The apparent internet “suicide” of Shropshire man Kevin Whitrick has caused shockwaves on website chat rooms around the world. There was an immediate flurry of activity on website chat rooms where users were commenting on Mr. Whitrick’s death and seeking information about it.A terrible sign that people don't know the line on cyberspace. This depressed man in England told everyone in his chat room that he was going to off himself and about 50 people watched in as he strung himself up. Some even egged him on until they realized he was serious. International authorities are increasingly worried about the trend for internet suicide. There is a growing number of websites and chat rooms with names such as “Suicide Club” where people plan their deaths.
This truly is one of the most heartbreaking stories I've ever read in my life. I just wish he tried to get help and not commit suicide.
This is ridiculous. What kind of sick people go into an insult chat room in the first place? The fact that those people goaded him into killing himself is unbelievable. Regardless of whether or not they "thought" he was acting even joking in that way about suicide is not acceptable. Those people that encouraged him to go ahead and kill himself should be held just as responsible for his death as if they were there and assisted him with it! Those people have something seriously wrong with them in the first place...they need more help than a "support facility" can offer.
The people who were egging him on should be ashamed of them and should remember "what goes around comes around" and someday they will find that out. I can only hope that the rest of their lives they will feel responsible for the death of this poor man and find it hard to live with them. Hopefully the person who said that will forever be haunted by what had happened to Mr Whitrick. He was a person who needed support and assistance, yet there are some heartless people out there who further provoke him by such taunts.So, if you're a chat room user and someone threatens suicide, or if someone threatens murder, take it seriously. I so wish this man had been encouraged to see that like other life problems, there is always hope, always a better way, always light at the end of the tunnel.
posted by Bear Bear World @ 7:52 AM
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