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Topic: what would you have done?
lilwick86 Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 544	Sun 11/23/08 02:55 AM
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! SUICIDE IS NO JOKE!!! THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS!!! Oh that pisses me off major!! Why are some people soo, grrrrrrrrr I would have called the police right away, no playing with that one. grrrr, that makes me mad!!!

cutelildevilsmom Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 8862	Sun 11/23/08 07:17 AM
On the internet it is hard to tell if something is staged or not so I would have probably done nothing.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 11/23/08 07:23 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 08:30 AM
thnx, Sky, i can understand all the diff. feelings going on here. and can relate to them. maybe a diff. scenario might pull it into focus. a family driving alligator alley in Fl. looses control and ends up in the canal running along the side of the road. Your in a car behind them, and see this happening, what would be your response in this instance?? this is a true story also of which i was personally involed with. I would most definitely stop and see what I could do to help. But it wouldn't have occurred to me to put this in the same category of the suicide because the suicide was a purposeful choice but the auto accident was not. thnks Sky. i didn't mean that question just for you but for everyone, and i know it's not the same scenario by far, i was intending to see what the responses would be to this one though. tell me much about a person.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 11/23/08 08:33 AM
If I saw anyone in trouble like that I would stop to help. I did just last week. Saw a domestic violence in progress. Boyfriend was punching the girl in the face in their car. He ran off when I approached and I helped her get medical/police help. I stopped for a car that was crashed on the side of the freeway a couple of years back. Used my first aid kit to help the guy. By the way, if you see a tire rolling down the road at you (I was on a downhill slope of the freeway) you should not try and stop it from rolling past you.

Filmfreek Joined Sat 11/15/08 Posts: 2541	Sun 11/23/08 08:40 AM
At least he didnt take out a bunch of innocent people with him like so many disturbed, younger people are doing for attention, and their fifteen minutes of fame.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:45 AM
If I saw anyone in trouble like that I would stop to help. I did just last week. Saw a domestic violence in progress. Boyfriend was punching the girl in the face in their car. He ran off when I approached and I helped her get medical/police help. I stopped for a car that was crashed on the side of the freeway a couple of years back. Used my first aid kit to help the guy. By the way, if you see a tire rolling down the road at you (I was on a downhill slope of the freeway) you should not try and stop it from rolling past you.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:48 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so. what if you knew the person?

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:50 AM
At least he didnt take out a bunch of innocent people with him like so many disturbed, younger people are doing for attention, and their fifteen minutes of fame. for sure there are much worse scenarios than this one, but what wolud you have done if you tuned in and seen it??

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:52 AM
On the internet it is hard to tell if something is staged or not so I would have probably done nothing. thnx for your honesty. are you saying that if you had seen it or watched it for hours you would feel this way?

hellkitten54 Joined Sun 01/06/08 Posts: 11707	Sun 11/23/08 09:53 AM
I probably would have logged off and went to bed. You can never tell what's real and what isn't online. shrugs

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:54 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so. sounds reqasonalbe, sometimes all we can do is attempt to help. once i tried to help someone and they told me to leave them alone to get away, so i understand that sometimes my help is not wanted or appreciated.

Filmfreek Joined Sat 11/15/08 Posts: 2541	Sun 11/23/08 09:54 AM
At least he didnt take out a bunch of innocent people with him like so many disturbed, younger people are doing for attention, and their fifteen minutes of fame. for sure there are much worse scenarios than this one, but what wolud you have done if you tuned in and seen it?? To be honest, I probably would have thought it was staged. And probably nothing. If I saw it and I actually knew the kid, I would have alerted authorities ASAP.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:55 AM
I probably would have logged off and went to bed. You can never tell what's real and what isn't online. shrugs would you have done so if you personally knew the person?

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 09:57 AM
At least he didnt take out a bunch of innocent people with him like so many disturbed, younger people are doing for attention, and their fifteen minutes of fame. for sure there are much worse scenarios than this one, but what wolud you have done if you tuned in and seen it?? To be honest, I probably would have thought it was staged. And probably nothing. If I saw it and I actually knew the kid, I would have alerted authorities ASAP. thnks FF

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 11/23/08 10:00 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so. what if you knew the person? That's a no-brainer for me. I'd not only call the police, but I'd be in my car on my way to where I knew they were.

hellkitten54 Joined Sun 01/06/08 Posts: 11707	Sun 11/23/08 10:08 AM
I probably would have logged off and went to bed. You can never tell what's real and what isn't online. shrugs would you have done so if you personally knew the person? But I don't know them so the question is invalid to me. It's selfish to try to keep someone here that doesn't want to be here. I have very mixed feelings on the subject through personal experiances with death in my family.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 10:08 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so. what if you knew the person? That's a no-brainer for me. I'd not only call the police, but I'd be in my car on my way to where I knew they were. it should be a no-brainer as you say for everyone, but i personally see no diff. in whether i know someone or not, i know i would try my best to do what i could unless told by the person[s] they did not want my help emphatically as i once was told.

tribo Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 5577	Sun 11/23/08 10:09 AM
I probably would have logged off and went to bed. You can never tell what's real and what isn't online. shrugs would you have done so if you personally knew the person? But I don't know them so the question is invalid to me. It's selfish to try to keep someone here that doesn't want to be here. I have very mixed feelings on the subject through personal experiances with death in my family. thnx HK

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 11/23/08 10:17 AM
I'm not sure what the local police would do if they got such a call. How would they find this person? It would be better to notify the owner of the site so that they can determine the person's location and then notify the authorities. It would be unlikely that you could get the location of the person until it was too late. But, I would attempt to do so. what if you knew the person? That's a no-brainer for me. I'd not only call the police, but I'd be in my car on my way to where I knew they were. it should be a no-brainer as you say for everyone, but i personally see no diff. in whether i know someone or not, i know i would try my best to do what i could unless told by the person[s] they did not want my help emphatically as i once was told. The difference is not in whether or not to do something, the difference is in what I can do. It all comes down to the physical whereabouts of the person in question. This is not so simple to find out from the internet. If I knew the person I would most likely know where they were physically and could act with more confidence. If I told you all right now I was going to kill myself, who would you call right this minute?