RU Kid

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

What a drama queen.

Yes and no right, and I know you are joking. Fact is, you don't know how someone is feeling when people do things to them...i.e. the girl in Mass. last year who offed herself after being picked on by other kids. I don't agree with the crazy comments on the site about "hate crimes" etc....They played a prank, this kid decided to kill himself. You can't prove intent there. But that's just it, I tell my kids to leave each other alone because you don't really know who is nuts or suicidal at the end of the day. So worry about you and only you.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Yes and no right, and I know you are joking. Fact is, you don't know how someone is feeling when people do things to them...i.e. the girl in Mass. last year who offed herself after being picked on by other kids. I don't agree with the crazy comments on the site about "hate crimes" etc....They played a prank, this kid decided to kill himself. You can't prove intent there. But that's just it, I tell my kids to leave each other alone because you don't really know who is nuts or suicidal at the end of the day. So worry about you and only you.

Joking but serious. The dude went a little overboard.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Joking but serious. The dude went a little overboard.

Totally coach, which is why I feel bad for the kids who pulled the prank. You think these kids really thought he would do something like that? Of course not....But because of what I do I know how fragile kids are, yes 18 is still a kid, and therefore I feel just awful for all the parents involved here.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Totally coach, which is why I feel bad for the kids who pulled the prank. You think these kids really thought he would do something like that? Of course not....But because of what I do I know how fragile kids are, yes 18 is still a kid, and therefore I feel just awful for all the parents involved here.

If one were to speculate...

One of his parents disapproves of his lifestyle and he's been mentally abused to the point he lives in constant fear of being outed.

[randallscott35]

Now the top Google story on US news.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/victim-secr...ry?id=11758716

[Dahoss]

I don't know if I'd classify what they did as a prank. That seems like a shi.tty thing to do to someone, regardless if the kid was gay or straight. I don't think there was any intent for him to harm himself, but they intended on humiliating him IMO.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I don't know if I'd classify what they did as a prank. That seems like a shi.tty thing to do to someone, regardless if the kid was gay or straight. I don't think there was any intent for him to harm himself, but they intended on humiliating him IMO.

Yes they did. And they will be convicted of doing so....But it is a stretch to make them evil and or hopeful of the outcome that happened.