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The Michelle Carter case will be interesting to follow as the highest court in Massachusetts hears arguments today as to whether or not her case will go forward.
Wait a minute. The log/history of the texts showed that the guy that killed himself initiated contact with her and told her numerous times that he wanted to kill himself and then she told him to go ahead and do it.
So: Using that logic - If a friend starts texting me that he is planning to rob a bank and is going to do it and I respond that it's a great idea and he should go for it. Then it would be ridiculous to blame me for whatever incident involved him robbing a bank.
Now. The woman in this story is probably a sociopath, but it is hard to try to claim she committed a crime.
She's crazy. What she did is not fathomable. But is it a crime? If not, do we make it a crime? Do we want a law that mandates us to talk to a suicidal person... someone who we might be sick of hearing from...someone who has called us so much that we actually wish he was dead so he'd leave us alone? Will we be mandated by law to keep listening, trying to talk him down? Suppose we get so fed up that we blurt out "For God's sake just go ahead and do it!",,, and he does. Will we be guilty of a crime?
As terrible as her actions are, it's a slippery slope IMHO to make her actions criminal. Maybe mental health counseling might be in order, rather than prison. The young man was responsible for his own death. Nobody forced him. It's called Suicide for a reason. It's self-murder.
She's crazy. What she did is not fathomable. But is it a crime? If not, do we make it a crime? Do we want a law that mandates us to talk to a suicidal person... someone who we might be sick of hearing from...someone who has called us so much that we actually wish he was dead so he'd leave us alone? Will we be mandated by law to keep listening, trying to talk him down? Suppose we get so fed up that we blurt out "For God's sake just go ahead and do it!",,, and he does. Will we be guilty of a crime?
As terrible as her actions are, it's a slippery slope IMHO to make her actions criminal. Maybe mental health counseling might be in order, rather than prison. The young man was responsible for his own death. Nobody forced him. It's called Suicide for a reason. It's self-murder.
I know what you mean.
Imagine if you hated someone so much that you decided to say "go kill yourself", then never talked to the person ever again. 3 months later, that person commits suicide.
That scenario is quite a bit different from what happened here, where the girl was hammering for the boy to commit suicide as he was doing it. I think there needs to be some sort of time frame put into place if we're going to be making laws regarding "assisted killing".
Hmm, doesn't sound like much of a girlfriend. Young lust and it's evil ways. I don't consider this assisted suicide. I gotta believe it should fall more into the cyber-bullying category.
Wait a minute. The log/history of the texts showed that the guy that killed himself initiated contact with her and told her numerous times that he wanted to kill himself and then she told him to go ahead and do it.
So: Using that logic - If a friend starts texting me that he is planning to rob a bank and is going to do it and I respond that it's a great idea and he should go for it. Then it would be ridiculous to blame me for whatever incident involved him robbing a bank.
Now. The woman in this story is probably a sociopath, but it is hard to try to claim she committed a crime.
Um, no.
I suggest you read in full the texts she sent him. she's a complete monster.
Encouraging someone who is known to be mentally ill to commit suicide is reprehensible. Still, it shouldn't be a crime. Someone killing themselves is totally in their court.
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