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In reply to the discussion: Teen who urged suicide via text will stand trial, court rules [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)35. I don't think she likes anybody, sadly -- including herself.
All the references to "yelling fire", free speech, etc. are irrelevant.
She was fully aware that her boyfriend was in the act of committing suicide.
She was in contact with him during this act, communicating by text messages.
She encouraged him to kill himself, rather than discourage him.
She could have called 911 to rescue him, but choose not to do so.
She explicitly expressed she wanted him to die.
She was an accessory to his suicide -- not completely to blame, but complicit
in the death (by suicide) of another person.
What she said (i.e. her speech) isn't the issue; what she did and did not do
are at the heart of the matter here. Very chilling and cruel, indeed.
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For the same reason that you cannot yell "fire" in a crowded theater as a joke, you
Dustlawyer
Jul 2016
#24
the difference between a terminal disease and depression are pretty obvious
passiveporcupine
Jul 2016
#16
That First Amendment crap better not fly. Otherwise it will open a can of worms.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2016
#23