Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Internet (Mis)use ?

Found this news somewhere on the net while browsing
Nine Japanese die in Internet-triggered group suicides

Very sad indeed.

Smoking yourself to death by CO seems to be a very painful one.

Does one has to restore to a group in the final act too ? Well theres some explanation in the article itself - "It would be the largest number of deaths in a single incident linked to Japan's suicide Internet sites, which put depressed and isolated people in touch with one another. "

It goes on to say "Japan registered a record high of 34,427 suicides in 2003 with many of the deaths blamed on economic insecurity or on the poor health of depressed people. Suicides by people aged 19 years or younger jumped by more than 22 percent last year." I have always admired Japan, though I dont understand this part.



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