Re: Adults dupe teen into MySpace-assisted suicide
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So what if the 16 year old boy was real and was genuinely interested in her and then had a change of heart?
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that's not malicious, this obviously was. Their intent and sole purpose was to cause her pain.
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A ton of "pranks" are played every day in this world. Almost all pranks are funny because the cause a person some form of pain, discomfort, or embarrassment.
I think we're being very results oriented with our thinking here. If the little girl hadn't killed herself, would we really have such a negative view of the other girl's parents?
Also the article is ridiculously vague in many issues. For all we know the parent's role in the entire thing could've been their kid saying to them "Hey mom and dad, I want to play a prank on my friend...can you show me how to set up a new myspace account and find a picture of a teenage boy and make it look like I'm him?" and the parents agreeing to help. The article is also very vauge on how and why they would know about the girl's depression.
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