There’s a new blog making the rounds where a woman is suggesting she is going to take her own life in 90 days. We’re not going to link to it because we find it difficult to believe that someone who is seriously suicidal and intent on committing suicide would bother waiting 90 days to actually do it. (You can find it easily enough if you Google for the term.) 90 days would be an eternity for most people contemplating suicide.
But there’s a greater public health concern here, and it has nothing to do with guessing as to whether this person is “serious” or not… As with most things on the Internet, it should be taken with a grain of salt.
Research has shown that when a teenager or young adult commits suicide in a community and it makes the newspaper and local news media, it can lead to other suicide attempts. This is called “suicide contagion” and is a very real and well-documented phenomenon (see, for example, Romer, et. al., 2006). It is not limited geographically.
Intended or not, this blog is likely to contribute to an increase in the risk of suicide of people who learn about it. If the blog makes it to the mainstream media (and we’ve had reports where it seems increasingly likely that it will), we’re afraid of what the suicide contagion effects might be.
We call on Google, who owns the blogging platform where the blog is hosted (Blogger), to please consider the public health risk such a blog poses, and what kind of message they’re sending people by saying, “Hey, this is okay by us.” A person’s death should not be fodder for entertainment and there is no education value posed by the blog.
If this blog is not “real,” Google/Blogger should label it as such, to reduce the very real risk of the suicide contagion effect that this blog is likely to have on others who suffer from depression and hopelessness.
This isn’t just us talking. These would be consistent with the recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in their 1989 report entitled, “Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations from a National Workshop.” By being cohorts in the publication of this blog, Google and Blogger are potentially glorifying suicide, presenting suicide as a tool for accomplishing certain ends, and reporting on “how-to” descriptions of suicide.
Reference:
Romer, D., Jamieson, P.E. & Jamieson, K.H. (2006). Are news reports of suicide contagious? A stringent test in six U.S. cities. Journal of Communication, 56(2), pp. 253-270.
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Sandra Kiume at 3:25 pm on
February 12th, 2008
I’m really glad you chose this topic. Suicide contagion is a risk not only from a notorious blog or mass media, but from the everyday blogs too. How many bloggers disseminated Megan Meier’s death in detail? Or Chris McKinstry, who announced his plans to the web and is still being written up? How about Heath Ledger? Celebrity suicides are especially risky for contagion, as you know from the research.
If bloggers want to be taken seriously as members of the media they ought to follow the same ethical standards. There are professional guidelines for reporting on a suicide - thank you for linking to the CDC recommendations.
I have a depression blog–the one I write in when I want to talk about suicidal ideation. I almost never write there because I find it healthier for me if I force myself to *be* more positive. But in my experience as a not-overly suicidal person (at the moment), I still need that other blog, the place for negativity–I need to be able to express the emotions somehow and feel that I’m communicating with someone, albeit unknown. I recognize your points, but from the few innocuous posts on her blog, I can’t tell if it’s a stunt or not. I’m not seeing any despair, anger, or authentic emotion. Does just talking about a planned suicide generate suicides? I don’t think so.
Marina V at 12:09 am on
February 13th, 2008
90 day Jane’s blog frustrates me. She has no real motive for suicide. It’s not like her blog depicts a life long stuggle with depression and a battle of suicidal feelings. Infact, everything I’ve read thus far is outright dull. Do people really suicide just out of plain boredom? Is this a stunt for popularity or even a sociology experiment?
It completely makes light of suicide. Expecially peoples comments in response to what she is trying to do.
bottlecappie at 2:44 am on
February 13th, 2008
I just went to the blog and she says it was an “art project” that she never expected to get this much attention, and that she’s taking the site down in a few hours.
Madison at 5:59 am on
February 13th, 2008
I believe that ‘Jane’ is seeking attention, and she has it. I recommend that everyone ignore everything else posted here, so as not to feed ‘her’ unhealthy urges.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. at 6:50 am on
February 13th, 2008
Here is the last entry she posted to the blog, which is no longer available:
90DayJane is a personal art piece about me. It was meant for me and (what I ignorantly thought would be) a small number of people who might find it on BlogSpot. It is the result of me tapping into the darkest part of myself and seeing where it led.
What I have written and filmed, at its core, is from a place of truth. I am the girl in the videos. I have great disappointment with my generation and its obvious obsession with celebrity culture rather than their fellow man, thus the former Chuck Palahniuk reference.
I wanted this blog to be about personal discovery and truth. But the correspondences I have received have taught me more about those qualities than I could ever express. 90DayJane has become its own entity and has influenced me. In fact, it has changed my perspective as a human being.
I feel a massive sense of responsibility to my art, but more importantly the readers of this blog. My closeness to this project must have made art seem like reality to many people. That is not a reaction that I expected nor can I morally justify. This is why my project, 90DayJane, will be taken down in the next few hours.
90DayJane was meant to mirror the tragic figure, Christine Chubbuck. Newscaster Christine Chubbuck committed suicide in 1974 by shooting herself in the head live on air. She was very vocal about her depression to those around her and gave every indication of her exact intentions leading up to the event. Sadly, no one reacted or helped Christine and those left behind could only ask “why”.
Her story both inspired and terrified me because I can truly empathize with her rage and even her isolation. I wondered how Christine’s life and subsequent suicide would play out in our time. Would the internet be yet another place of isolation to her or an escape? If she remained vocal about her intentions would anyone bother asking “why” or even noticing before the fact? Would the reaction (if any) of the public change her intentions?
I thought this mirror might reflect the isolation everyday people feel and the lack of true human connection on the internet.
It is my feeling that the internet is the best and worst example of human interaction. This was painfully proven to me by reading every comment and every email. I believe I owed that to everyone. I know we all saw the dark side of the reactions in the blog comments. There was so much hate, immaturity and apathy. But, I truly wish everyone could see the beauty and honesty in the emails; many people feel like Jane (me). People have been more real and heartfelt than I thought was possible. I owe them a debt of gratitude for showing me the difference between people’s reactions and their true feelings. I understand.
I do want everyone to know that I accepted no money for 90DayJane despite multiple offers from television, film, books, etc… I will not release my identity and I ask not to be contacted for any type of promotion. I want only for the people who wrote to me to know that I hear them and feel the same way. Your emails touched me so much. Please, share your thoughts with someone in your life or express them in a positive way.
To everyone, please reach out to those around you. It’s much harder to ask for help than to offer it.
–90 Day Jane
And the final list of comments in reaction to this last entry.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. at 6:53 am on
February 13th, 2008
So basically a naive art student thinks this would be a fun project, self-promotes to get the meme started, and is surprised that an online suicide draws such an emotional reaction?
It’s frustrating even in the end because she didn’t even answer her own questions… And the observation that there is so much beauty and honesty in the world, along with apathy and hate? While I try and keep an open mind about such “observations,” I can’t help but wonder if a person couldn’t have done it with something a little less likely to trigger people and cause such turmoil.
Jon Nordland at 7:18 am on
February 13th, 2008
Freedom of speech comes first. Whether or not it is serious or not dosent mater. I fear system that wants to censor based on contemporary science and whims more than i fear the spreading effect of suicides. It scares me that people, highly educated probably, on this blog still doesn’t see this simple fact. Guess its easy to taunt Freedom of speech, personal rights and the open Internet when there is nothing on the line.
I seriously don’t know where to start. I’ll just end before i get mad by saying that not everybody agrees with you. Is this 90-day-Jane a good thing? NO! Should we censor or look down on her? NO!
There is a difference between what is the good/right thing to do and what people should be able to do.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. at 7:25 am on
February 13th, 2008
In the U.S., as in most countries, there are no absolute rights. “Freedom of speech” is one of the rights that is actually limited not only within the Constitution, but also by two centuries of Supreme Court rulings.
j-friend at 8:46 am on
February 13th, 2008
ATTENTION,
Jane’s blog HAS BEEN MOVED TO
(link to spyware deleted)
Harry Balzac at 10:49 am on
February 13th, 2008
Who cares if she is going to take her life or not? Also, who cares if other people follow hr lead and take their lives? There are too many people in the world as it is, and we definitely don’t need to waste resources coddling people who want to kill themselves. Just let them do it. In fact, cheer them on. Good riddance.
johnny at 11:01 am on
February 13th, 2008
disagree 100%. arbitrarily restricting her ability to speak because you disagree with what she has to say for some dubious ‘public health’ issue is morally and philosophically bankrupt. will you remove every novel and biography detailing suicide from the libraries next?
for all you know, her ability to write and connect with others on the internet may lead her to change her mind, and stifling her freedom of expression may lead her in the other direction. shame on you for being a judgmental, holier-than-thou know-it-all masquerading as a ‘public health advocate’.
alexandra_k at 11:39 am on
February 13th, 2008
You say that you are concerned about suicide contaigon effect if the blog were to be made more public and then… Help publicise it by providing information and telling people to ‘google it’ if they are interested.
It sounds as though this person WAS responsive to the concerned readers who contacted her. She explained what she was doing… I’m not sure that we should proclaim her project a failure… One thing she found was that people DID SOMETHING. They cared. She received responses from people who were concerned that she might take her life.
I guess it is hard to say whether she really had the intention to follow through - or whether she never did. Such facts are inaccessible (to us and to her) now. It might be that caring responses helped this person. You might find it hard to believe that a person would plan a death so much in advance and then actually follow through with it… But if she had have followed through with it you would have become one of those who heard her cries for help and… Justified your non-intervention by labelling her ‘not serious’ and ‘attention seeking’ and so on.
I think that the issue of suicide contagion is interesting when it comes to internet message boards and informing people when it is known that someone who was a part of the community there has passed on.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. at 11:52 am on
February 13th, 2008
The public health is hardly “dubious,” when it’s a well-documented effect in the research. Publicize a pop-suicide, others follow suit.
The fact that this was not, in fact, a person who was suicidal, but someone who was conducting an art project, kind of begs the question — why not just label it as “Art project” somewhere on the site.
When you walk into a museum and see a modern installation, you know it’s meant as “art,” regardless of whether you agree with it. When you are confronted with it online and the artist makes it purposely vague, you’re going to get exactly the kinds of reactions this person received, ranging from disgust and anger, to heartbreak and caring.
I guess that was a part of her point, to show herself (us? others?) the range of human emotion.
I don’t know whether it was successful or not, but it certainly created controversy.
Her revelation proved my point–she was inauthentic, and therefore less likely to inspire copycats.
wetcnt at 1:06 pm on
February 13th, 2008
Every human being has the right to end their own life. To force someone to continue living against their will is a human rights violation. I am in favor of allowing any adult to end their lives easily and painlessly, without causing physical danger to others.
alexandra_k at 2:17 pm on
February 13th, 2008
Well… She says it was an ‘art project’ now… But I (for one) wonder what would inspire someone to engage in that kind of art project. It sounded to me like she really identified with this person who planned to take their life and ended up taking it. That what struck her the most was that this person made it known that she planned on taking her life and that nobody tried to stop her. Maybe… Nobody took her seriously. Maybe… Everyone went ‘nobody who plans suicide in advance like that would actually do it!’
I’m aware that suicide contaigon is a documented phenomena. I’m wondering about the ethics of promoting (publicising, making others aware of, helping others find) information where it is known that that information makes it more likely that other people will kill themself. But then perhaps you knew that the story had a happy ending when you told people about the blog…
I guess I’m wondering… If people hadn’t expressed concern for her… If people hadn’t expressed concern about her alledged plans… Then… Would she have suicided after all?
All I’m saying is that we don’t know. We know that people said they cared and that now she is alive calling her blog an ‘art project’. But then we also know that often people feel embarrassed and ashamed about feeling suicidal when they later make the decision not to. An ‘art project’ maybe… But sometimes fact and fiction can blend in funny ways… I guess I’m just saying that I wouldn’t be too quick to write her off as ‘attention seeking’ or whatever. And… Sometimes people do plan suicide in advance and then do it. There are probably more plans than suicides to be sure but when the only way to judge ’seriousness’ is on the basis of whether a person succeeds in suiciding or not… IMHO that can be a little dangerous..
Alison Hymes at 4:16 pm on
February 13th, 2008
I was very disturbed by a woman blogger months ago who posted my blog posts on the side of her blog and said she was going to kill herself in such a way that I would get one of her kidneys. I told her no way, it’s illegal, leave me out of it etc. but she didn’t stop. So I ignored her after that and continue to, don’t know if she’s still at it or not, but I do think there is some line at which one should exercise some responsibility towards others when posting. I believe in free speech, and I don’t want to see censorship of blogs, but I would like to see people exercise good judgment.
W Rimbaud at 4:37 pm on
February 13th, 2008
It was obvious it was fake from the start. But there’s a really sad element to this that everyone is missing. If it is indeed an art piece, then why on earth is she quitting? Surely the artistic thing to do would be to see the project through to it’s final conclusion, whatever that may be. Because she didn’t have the spine to continue, the whole thing doesn’t work on any level. We’re not dealing with a potential suicide here, we’re dealing with a coward.
Iain Strachan at 5:01 pm on
February 13th, 2008
j-friend noted that jane’s blog had been moved to a different web-site.
I think this “move” may not be the original author’s doing, because I followed the link. While all the text is set up correctly, both the video clips , when clicked show an “error” saying that a new driver is needed to play the video. It then downloads a “player” which if you attempt to install, displays streaming pornography on your screen. I suspect that the porno promoters are using a fake copy of the blog to promote their material.
John M. Grohol, Psy.D. at 5:09 pm on
February 13th, 2008
Thanks for finding that; we’ve removed the fake link.
Jon Nordland at 3:35 am on
February 14th, 2008
Regarding my input and your answer abow:
Good thing Google isn’t a country then. And just because your country have restriction on freedom of speech doesn’t meen it should be that way.
At any rate, I hope that the internet will be a place for all people to say whatever they want. Never before in human history have we had the possibility to study ourself as humans in this way - when ideas are not restricted/censored.
For all we know, suicide might be the right thing for somebody, I don’t think so! But who am I to decide how other should live their lives?
I’m sorry for my wired stance, but I just love the “everything goes” thing that is the internet. Its beautiful…
Come on people, don’t get disheartened. If we try and make her change her mind — maybe, just maybe she’ll restart the countdown:
Many claims posed in this article are absolute bullshit. Most people who contemplate suicide in fact think about it for months or even years before doing it (or attempting it). Sometimes the contemplation may take decades. Trying to imply that suicide is usually done on impulse is nothing but very unethical propaganda aimed on trying to make people forget the fact that suicide is a basic human right.
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I’m really glad you chose this topic. Suicide contagion is a risk not only from a notorious blog or mass media, but from the everyday blogs too. How many bloggers disseminated Megan Meier’s death in detail? Or Chris McKinstry, who announced his plans to the web and is still being written up? How about Heath Ledger? Celebrity suicides are especially risky for contagion, as you know from the research.
If bloggers want to be taken seriously as members of the media they ought to follow the same ethical standards. There are professional guidelines for reporting on a suicide - thank you for linking to the CDC recommendations.
I have a depression blog–the one I write in when I want to talk about suicidal ideation. I almost never write there because I find it healthier for me if I force myself to *be* more positive. But in my experience as a not-overly suicidal person (at the moment), I still need that other blog, the place for negativity–I need to be able to express the emotions somehow and feel that I’m communicating with someone, albeit unknown. I recognize your points, but from the few innocuous posts on her blog, I can’t tell if it’s a stunt or not. I’m not seeing any despair, anger, or authentic emotion. Does just talking about a planned suicide generate suicides? I don’t think so.
90 day Jane’s blog frustrates me. She has no real motive for suicide. It’s not like her blog depicts a life long stuggle with depression and a battle of suicidal feelings. Infact, everything I’ve read thus far is outright dull. Do people really suicide just out of plain boredom? Is this a stunt for popularity or even a sociology experiment?
It completely makes light of suicide. Expecially peoples comments in response to what she is trying to do.
I just went to the blog and she says it was an “art project” that she never expected to get this much attention, and that she’s taking the site down in a few hours.
I believe that ‘Jane’ is seeking attention, and she has it. I recommend that everyone ignore everything else posted here, so as not to feed ‘her’ unhealthy urges.
Here is the last entry she posted to the blog, which is no longer available:
90DayJane is a personal art piece about me. It was meant for me and (what I ignorantly thought would be) a small number of people who might find it on BlogSpot. It is the result of me tapping into the darkest part of myself and seeing where it led.
What I have written and filmed, at its core, is from a place of truth. I am the girl in the videos. I have great disappointment with my generation and its obvious obsession with celebrity culture rather than their fellow man, thus the former Chuck Palahniuk reference.
I wanted this blog to be about personal discovery and truth. But the correspondences I have received have taught me more about those qualities than I could ever express. 90DayJane has become its own entity and has influenced me. In fact, it has changed my perspective as a human being.
I feel a massive sense of responsibility to my art, but more importantly the readers of this blog. My closeness to this project must have made art seem like reality to many people. That is not a reaction that I expected nor can I morally justify. This is why my project, 90DayJane, will be taken down in the next few hours.
90DayJane was meant to mirror the tragic figure, Christine Chubbuck. Newscaster Christine Chubbuck committed suicide in 1974 by shooting herself in the head live on air. She was very vocal about her depression to those around her and gave every indication of her exact intentions leading up to the event. Sadly, no one reacted or helped Christine and those left behind could only ask “why”.
Her story both inspired and terrified me because I can truly empathize with her rage and even her isolation. I wondered how Christine’s life and subsequent suicide would play out in our time. Would the internet be yet another place of isolation to her or an escape? If she remained vocal about her intentions would anyone bother asking “why” or even noticing before the fact? Would the reaction (if any) of the public change her intentions?
I thought this mirror might reflect the isolation everyday people feel and the lack of true human connection on the internet.
It is my feeling that the internet is the best and worst example of human interaction. This was painfully proven to me by reading every comment and every email. I believe I owed that to everyone. I know we all saw the dark side of the reactions in the blog comments. There was so much hate, immaturity and apathy. But, I truly wish everyone could see the beauty and honesty in the emails; many people feel like Jane (me). People have been more real and heartfelt than I thought was possible. I owe them a debt of gratitude for showing me the difference between people’s reactions and their true feelings. I understand.
I do want everyone to know that I accepted no money for 90DayJane despite multiple offers from television, film, books, etc… I will not release my identity and I ask not to be contacted for any type of promotion. I want only for the people who wrote to me to know that I hear them and feel the same way. Your emails touched me so much. Please, share your thoughts with someone in your life or express them in a positive way.
To everyone, please reach out to those around you. It’s much harder to ask for help than to offer it.
–90 Day Jane
And the final list of comments in reaction to this last entry.
So basically a naive art student thinks this would be a fun project, self-promotes to get the meme started, and is surprised that an online suicide draws such an emotional reaction?
It’s frustrating even in the end because she didn’t even answer her own questions… And the observation that there is so much beauty and honesty in the world, along with apathy and hate? While I try and keep an open mind about such “observations,” I can’t help but wonder if a person couldn’t have done it with something a little less likely to trigger people and cause such turmoil.
Freedom of speech comes first. Whether or not it is serious or not dosent mater. I fear system that wants to censor based on contemporary science and whims more than i fear the spreading effect of suicides. It scares me that people, highly educated probably, on this blog still doesn’t see this simple fact. Guess its easy to taunt Freedom of speech, personal rights and the open Internet when there is nothing on the line.
I seriously don’t know where to start. I’ll just end before i get mad by saying that not everybody agrees with you. Is this 90-day-Jane a good thing? NO! Should we censor or look down on her? NO!
There is a difference between what is the good/right thing to do and what people should be able to do.
In the U.S., as in most countries, there are no absolute rights. “Freedom of speech” is one of the rights that is actually limited not only within the Constitution, but also by two centuries of Supreme Court rulings.
ATTENTION,
Jane’s blog HAS BEEN MOVED TO
(link to spyware deleted)
Who cares if she is going to take her life or not? Also, who cares if other people follow hr lead and take their lives? There are too many people in the world as it is, and we definitely don’t need to waste resources coddling people who want to kill themselves. Just let them do it. In fact, cheer them on. Good riddance.
disagree 100%. arbitrarily restricting her ability to speak because you disagree with what she has to say for some dubious ‘public health’ issue is morally and philosophically bankrupt. will you remove every novel and biography detailing suicide from the libraries next?
for all you know, her ability to write and connect with others on the internet may lead her to change her mind, and stifling her freedom of expression may lead her in the other direction. shame on you for being a judgmental, holier-than-thou know-it-all masquerading as a ‘public health advocate’.
You say that you are concerned about suicide contaigon effect if the blog were to be made more public and then… Help publicise it by providing information and telling people to ‘google it’ if they are interested.
It sounds as though this person WAS responsive to the concerned readers who contacted her. She explained what she was doing… I’m not sure that we should proclaim her project a failure… One thing she found was that people DID SOMETHING. They cared. She received responses from people who were concerned that she might take her life.
I guess it is hard to say whether she really had the intention to follow through - or whether she never did. Such facts are inaccessible (to us and to her) now. It might be that caring responses helped this person. You might find it hard to believe that a person would plan a death so much in advance and then actually follow through with it… But if she had have followed through with it you would have become one of those who heard her cries for help and… Justified your non-intervention by labelling her ‘not serious’ and ‘attention seeking’ and so on.
I think that the issue of suicide contagion is interesting when it comes to internet message boards and informing people when it is known that someone who was a part of the community there has passed on.
The public health is hardly “dubious,” when it’s a well-documented effect in the research. Publicize a pop-suicide, others follow suit.
The fact that this was not, in fact, a person who was suicidal, but someone who was conducting an art project, kind of begs the question — why not just label it as “Art project” somewhere on the site.
When you walk into a museum and see a modern installation, you know it’s meant as “art,” regardless of whether you agree with it. When you are confronted with it online and the artist makes it purposely vague, you’re going to get exactly the kinds of reactions this person received, ranging from disgust and anger, to heartbreak and caring.
I guess that was a part of her point, to show herself (us? others?) the range of human emotion.
I don’t know whether it was successful or not, but it certainly created controversy.
Her revelation proved my point–she was inauthentic, and therefore less likely to inspire copycats.
Every human being has the right to end their own life. To force someone to continue living against their will is a human rights violation. I am in favor of allowing any adult to end their lives easily and painlessly, without causing physical danger to others.
Well… She says it was an ‘art project’ now… But I (for one) wonder what would inspire someone to engage in that kind of art project. It sounded to me like she really identified with this person who planned to take their life and ended up taking it. That what struck her the most was that this person made it known that she planned on taking her life and that nobody tried to stop her. Maybe… Nobody took her seriously. Maybe… Everyone went ‘nobody who plans suicide in advance like that would actually do it!’
I’m aware that suicide contaigon is a documented phenomena. I’m wondering about the ethics of promoting (publicising, making others aware of, helping others find) information where it is known that that information makes it more likely that other people will kill themself. But then perhaps you knew that the story had a happy ending when you told people about the blog…
I guess I’m wondering… If people hadn’t expressed concern for her… If people hadn’t expressed concern about her alledged plans… Then… Would she have suicided after all?
All I’m saying is that we don’t know. We know that people said they cared and that now she is alive calling her blog an ‘art project’. But then we also know that often people feel embarrassed and ashamed about feeling suicidal when they later make the decision not to. An ‘art project’ maybe… But sometimes fact and fiction can blend in funny ways… I guess I’m just saying that I wouldn’t be too quick to write her off as ‘attention seeking’ or whatever. And… Sometimes people do plan suicide in advance and then do it. There are probably more plans than suicides to be sure but when the only way to judge ’seriousness’ is on the basis of whether a person succeeds in suiciding or not… IMHO that can be a little dangerous..
I was very disturbed by a woman blogger months ago who posted my blog posts on the side of her blog and said she was going to kill herself in such a way that I would get one of her kidneys. I told her no way, it’s illegal, leave me out of it etc. but she didn’t stop. So I ignored her after that and continue to, don’t know if she’s still at it or not, but I do think there is some line at which one should exercise some responsibility towards others when posting. I believe in free speech, and I don’t want to see censorship of blogs, but I would like to see people exercise good judgment.
It was obvious it was fake from the start. But there’s a really sad element to this that everyone is missing. If it is indeed an art piece, then why on earth is she quitting? Surely the artistic thing to do would be to see the project through to it’s final conclusion, whatever that may be. Because she didn’t have the spine to continue, the whole thing doesn’t work on any level. We’re not dealing with a potential suicide here, we’re dealing with a coward.
j-friend noted that jane’s blog had been moved to a different web-site.
I think this “move” may not be the original author’s doing, because I followed the link. While all the text is set up correctly, both the video clips , when clicked show an “error” saying that a new driver is needed to play the video. It then downloads a “player” which if you attempt to install, displays streaming pornography on your screen. I suspect that the porno promoters are using a fake copy of the blog to promote their material.
Thanks for finding that; we’ve removed the fake link.
Regarding my input and your answer abow:
Good thing Google isn’t a country then. And just because your country have restriction on freedom of speech doesn’t meen it should be that way.
At any rate, I hope that the internet will be a place for all people to say whatever they want. Never before in human history have we had the possibility to study ourself as humans in this way - when ideas are not restricted/censored.
For all we know, suicide might be the right thing for somebody, I don’t think so! But who am I to decide how other should live their lives?
I’m sorry for my wired stance, but I just love the “everything goes” thing that is the internet. Its beautiful…
Come on people, don’t get disheartened. If we try and make her change her mind — maybe, just maybe she’ll restart the countdown:
Many claims posed in this article are absolute bullshit. Most people who contemplate suicide in fact think about it for months or even years before doing it (or attempting it). Sometimes the contemplation may take decades. Trying to imply that suicide is usually done on impulse is nothing but very unethical propaganda aimed on trying to make people forget the fact that suicide is a basic human right.
