Jazzmoose Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Taken from The Week (Sept. 5) Chatrooms of death: Internet sites that promote suicide have sprung up in Japan over the past year, feeding a suicide rate double that of the U.S. At least 32 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, have killed themselves in small groups after meeting one another online and downloading instructions on carbon monoxide poisoning or other methods. Some experts blame explosive growth in unemployment and rapid changes in Japan's economic structure. Today's youths are "lost and confused," psychiatrist Rika Kayama told The Washington Post. "The long-held direction and goals of Japanese society are collapsing around them." But police say the ease of text-messaging and the instructions on the Web sites are also to blame, as many of the "Internet suicides" were not depressed and seem to have decided on the spur of the moment to kill themselves. Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Man, oh man, I know what you mean. Why, I recently stumbled into just such a chat-room: forum-o'-death For God's sake, my fellow Organissimos, get out while you still can! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted September 3, 2003 Author Report Posted September 3, 2003 Okay, well, I can see why suicide might seem to be the answer in some internet situations...that or gnawing your connection off to escape... Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 3, 2003 Report Posted September 3, 2003 Sartre's NO EXIT ain't got nothin' on it. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted September 3, 2003 Author Report Posted September 3, 2003 Sartre's NO EXIT ain't got nothin' on it. That is the perfect comparison!! Quote
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