He did it in mid-day... his PARENTS were probably WORKING for a living.
OF Those watching, the respsone ran the spectrum from folks trying to talk him out of it, to folsk cynically egging him on... certain he was faking it and not wanting to be the ones who fell for the con.
And, in fact, those who knew how, traced the guy's location and called police.
That he did it online is no different than folks who climb out on a ledge or bridge... and wait for the news cameras to arrive to jump... they want their passing witnessed... they want someone to care about their dying.
Further... He was 19- hardly a 'kid'- he was old enough to vote, old enough to have a job, old enough to be humping a pack in Iraq.
He may well have been mentally ill... or he may simply have been a member of the too stupid to live club... that group of teens and young adults who are born in the lap of middle class luxury, have never known a day of true want or loss in their short lives, and who listen to death metal and fantasize about how cool death is....
Sorry.... I have too much compassion for real suffering to worry much about somone who finds life so intolerable that they want off.
Seriously... what is the great loss here?
If the kid was that damn miserable... why should he have to suffer another day?
Why is HIS choice over HIS life not worthy of our respect?
In my book, if you want to kill yourself... you should just go ahead and do it.
Or, if you have doubts, seek help.
But don't blame the rest of the life loving world for not trying hard enough to convince you that you shouldn't.
We are not running out of people....If you don't want the job of middle class white American, I am sure we can find someone else eager for the opportunity.