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Teen Suicides on the rise? Blame the Internet!!

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A spate of suicides amongst youngsters in Bridgend, South Wales has led locals desperately searching for something to blame. Not surprisingly, rather than maybe listen to their kids or improve the facilities in the town to give their children a more confident view of their future, they've decided to just wail that social networking sites are obviously at fault. Good job too, because otherwise they may have to start on the video games industry or television like they used to.

More information on the latest attempt by humanity to achieve complete self-delusion here on BBC News.
 
the irony is that suicide rates may not have risen, but we're hearing more of them because of the easy access to information provided by the internet.

that's some pretty strong hold...
 
I heard one of the "victims" friends saying it was also because the poor souls had "know one to talk to".

FFS, teenagers, cry me a river :rolleyes:
 
edesignuk said:
I heard one of the "victims" friends saying it was also because the poor souls had "know one to talk to".

FFS, teenagers, cry me a river :rolleyes:
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Well if they had no one to talk to.............Then how could a social networking site possibly be able to blame :confused:
 
GSMiller said:
Well if they had no one to talk to.............Then how could a social networking site possibly be able to blame :confused:
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well the social networking sites will eat up a lot of their time and cause them not to want to spend time with other people. From there it starts this downward spiral. They want to be around people but do not want to go out.

Talking from experience here on how the social networking sites really make things worse.
 
Suicide, what a rough topic. When I was teenager, the two best friends I ever had (even to this day) both commited suicide. 2 years apart and they didn't know each other, just incase anyone is wondering. Anyway, as a result having known them, when I meet new friends or people who are similar in that at some point they talk about wanting to commit suicide, I have a pretty harsh view. I may try to help a bit, but I will truly give up not too long after if I feel I'm making no progress. I've found you can't help those that don't want it. I will just step away, as I refuse to be around it or near it again... its painful.
 
It's all a question of how a story is spun. The university down the road from me will always be known as the place where fun, and freshmen, go to die. But my school has actually had more suicides in recent years. Once a narrative is set, it is hard to break.
 
Can't we just go back to blaming Satan of all the ills of society? It makes it much easier to keep my moral outrage straight that way.
 
Jaffa Cake said:
I blame violent films, or possibly rock music. I might right a strongly worded letter to my MP about it.
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Violent films are a plausable cause for these suicides...

Rock music? Care to elaborate how rock music will lead to suicides?? I could understand hardcore screamo. etc. but def. not rock.. :rolleyes:
 
maybe its the hormone levels in teenagers are sometimes unbalanced, one in particular causes them to become depressed and depression can occur in anybody, but it is more frequent in teens, causing teen suicide.
 
Domofloge said:
Violent films are a plausable cause for these suicides...

Rock music? Care to elaborate how rock music will lead to suicides?? I could understand hardcore screamo. etc. but def. not rock.. :rolleyes:
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He's joking ;)
 
Domofloge said:
Violent films are a plausable cause for these suicides...

Rock music? Care to elaborate how rock music will lead to suicides?? I could understand hardcore screamo. etc. but def. not rock.. :rolleyes:
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My post might not have been entirely serious. ;)

I suspect that the 'causes' I mentioned are as responsible for these suicides as the internet – ie, not at all. As dynamicv alludes to in his opening post, by blaming internet sites – or films, or music, or whatever – for such incidents, it's shifting the blame away from the community that these youngsters came from. Teenagers across the world have access to exactly the same websites as those in Bridgend, so why aren't similar 'suicide cults' happening now in the rest of our towns and cities?

If a community is having problems with it's youngsters then it needs to look within itself to see what is causing these problems, rather than trying to apportion blame elsewhere.
 
Schtumple said:
I blame the damn teenagers, grow up and get on with your life, 6 billion other people do it just fine.
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Huh? People all over the world suffer from depression and suicidal feelings; they're NOT all doing just fine. If you ever need help for such distressing feelings, I hope you find people with a bit more compassion than you've shown here...
 
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