He's not really attractive so it's not that sad...

No, I'm kidding, I hope they found that guy and give him help. And it's absolutely terrible that people egg him on to commit suicide! I can't believe people would do that!

Reply 65

IanDangerously

calvinuk

Suicide is illegal, yes, but I was under the impression that attempted suicide is not.

Suicide is not illegal. Assisting somebody with commiting suicide, on the other hand, is.

Reply 66

PinkMobilePhone

Volunteer Team

Bill Shakespeare

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-210784
According to this some guy in Washington informed the police of it all and they are trying to find him.

well seems Niccole McLaughlin did a better job than I did of getting through to the authorities then.

Good, at least somebody did. It was driving me crackers!

Reply 67

Darkened Angel

Kolya

If he chooses not to tell his friends and family then that is up to him. I think it is important to be nonjudgemental. It's his life, and he can do as he wishes. If he wants to talk about it with his family and friends then that's fine; if he doesn't want to talk about it then that's fine too.

She's not being judgemental, she's being supportive which is a very important thing to do for someone in that situation. It may not help in the end but it's better than nothing and the victim will know that he is not alone and uncared for. Depression is a horrible thing to go through, people should be doing what they can to help.

Reply 68

username138106

Ehhhh, Chris Morris did this years ago.

Reply 69

username138106

PinkMobilePhone

That's stupid. They can only act when the user is actively trying to hurt themselves? Bit too late then! What on earth are they going to do when he's already slit his wrists or taken an overdose or whatever?
He needs to be prevented before it gets that far!

Maybe it's because if they were to act to stop everyone who ever threatened self harm on LiveJournal, they'd need a rapid response team of about ten million people?

Just a thought.

Well I don't know what to do now - US government fobbed me off, I've had no reply from FBI, and Live Journal "can't do anything".

That's the greatest thing I've ever read. Bloody US government, eh? Never returning my calls. What must they do all day!

Reply 70

PinkMobilePhone

Volunteer Team

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Maybe it's because if they were to act to stop everyone who ever threatened self harm on LiveJournal, they'd need a rapid response team of about ten million people?

Just a thought.

That's the greatest thing I've ever read. Bloody US government, eh? Never returning my calls. What must they do all day!

don't talk rubbish. I got an email response from the US government. I didn't ring them, that's ridiculous.

And it turns out that somebody else DID manage to get the LA police to investigate this blog, so I was clearly not overreacting my trying to alert the authorities. It was easier for them to do so than me though, seen as how I'm in a totally different country.