You're a douche ass-hat!

Originally Posted by splur

Kids are weak these days. And it just seems to get worse and worse. Even though back in the day it wasn't any better, kids wouldn't commit suicide but rather grow up to become serial killers or rapists.

Right, because we need more serial killers and rapists in our society!

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I hate going into the suicide argument because people always say "It's depression! He was unstable and he had no choice. Family problems, bullying, personal problems. It's a chemical unbalance, it wasn't his fault!" Fuck you with your bi-polar bullshit, that's no excuse. I've been through all of that and back, I'm not 6 feet under am I? I'm just afraid for the next generation of children because suicide rates seem to be soaring, not only in America and not only due to bullying, but all over the world. It seems to be the "new escape"

You do not possess the authority to speak for another person's emotions; your triumph over your own emotional issues does not permit you to show disdain for those who are, for whatever reason, unable to do the same. In the boy's mind, that "bi-polar bullshit" was sufficient cause to kill himself. Again, one cannot know or explain the emotions of another unless it becomes possible to become a perfect copy of that person.

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And bullying doesn't only happen in elementary school. It happens constantly and kids need to learn to deal with it properly. What good does it do to make it against the law in school? It's just sheltering kids from the real world and what will happen when they get bullied when they're adults? Walk into work with a sawed-off? Or "oh no!" maybe he'll commit suicide later when he has a family.

I agree that children need to learn to cope with bullying after a certain point, but I fear that you are overlooking the age of the student in this case: this could've been the result of bullying over all of his past education--"something's gotta' give" eventually: one can only ignore something like that for so long at the age of thirteen. Does that mean that I feel suicide is justified? No, but the "suck it up" argument does not work.
Furthermore, plenty of people that have "walked into work with a sawed-off." For the third time, you cannot control the emotions of others.

Jam it back in, in the dark.