Could I Get Opinions on This?

[Weedhound]

I just read this story and am so amazed by it that I'm honestly not sure what to think.....beside being horrified by the entire thing.
Could some of you let me know what you think about all this?

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Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 11-17-2007. Could I Get Opinions on This? I just read this story and am so amazed by it that I'm honestly not sure what to think.....beside being horrified by the entire thing. Could some of you let me know what you think about all this? FOXNews.com - Mom: MySpace Hoax Led to Daughter's Suicide - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News Rating: 5

[killerweed420]

It takes all kinds I guess to make up our population. Any adults that pull this shit should be dealt with severely. This is one of those times when a parent should be allowed a little retribution.
If I sat on a jury where they were trying to confict a father of beating the hell of the other family I would say Not Guilty. Occassionally breaking the laws are ok. And this would be one of those cases.

[zebulon]

Terrible.....poor girl

[Weedhound]

I found it amazing as well killer.....for a PARENT to actually sit and do that.....to a kid....ANYBODY'S kid....I'm so blown away by the thought that I can't quite grasp it.

And there is no LAW against what these adults did? I can't believe it!!

[Dmo18]

i cant even speak right now. if i could choose between the the girl who started the fake profile or her parents to die in a car wreck.......i choose all three

[Spoken Word]

Hmm.. You are right, it's horrible for a "family" to do that but you have to think about what we don't know. Maybe this girl Megan, "a 13-year-old who suffered from depression and attention deficit disorder", had done some "negative" stuff before this whole thing. I'm sure the family didn't want her to kill herself but there's always two sides to the story.

The "fooseball table" makes me think they were friends. That this isn't just about Megan and "josh".

But in the end, what's important is that she commited suicide and the people that lied to the 13 year old should be held responsible.

[Breukelen advocaat]

What the adults did was reprehensible, but if that girl was unstable enough to kill herself because of an an online chat with a a stranger she would have done it eventually anyway.

[Spoken Word]

On second thought.. Maybe the parents didn't have anything to do with it. It was just Megan's friend and her mother is just taking the blame for her.
This sounds like typical middle school behavior gone wrong. It just worries me since it's so common and I don't think it's the first time it has ended like this.

[Weedhound]

Oh I agree that there was obviously ALOT of instability in that young girl and really no "one" thing causes someone to commit suicide. I'm much more horrified with the behaviour of the parents involved in helping the hoax...and what they are teaching THEIR children about how to respect other people. Is this REALLY what humanity has become???

[Weedhound]

On second thought.. Maybe the parents didn't have anything to do with it. It was just Megan's friend and her mother is just taking the blame for her.
This sounds like typical middle school behavior gone wrong. It just worries me since it's so common and I don't think it's the first time it has ended like this.

I like this response....this tells me that it feels so wrong to you that you are thinking up reasons that maybe it didn't happen.....I certainly wish it hadn't as well.