HOUSTON (Reuters) - A 10-year-old U.S. boy who hanged himself may have been inspired to do it by television coverage of Saddam Hussein's execution, police said on Thursday.
Relatives told police in Webster, Texas, that Sergio Pelico had seen the video of the former Iraqi leader's hanging and asked about it before the incident on Sunday.
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KOLKATA: A 15-year-old girl from Kharda district hanged herself in response to the execution of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Thursday.
"She said they had hanged a patriot. We didn't take her seriously when she told us that she wanted to feel the pain Saddam did during the execution," the girl's father, Manmohan Karmakar, said.
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Why has his hanging developed such a morbid interest?
What is your opinion of these new developments?
2007-01-06 02:38:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Dear Mr Derek J , please show some sympathy for young children when you voice your opinion
2007-01-06 02:49:38 · update #1
The problem with young children is that they are at that target age where they are easily influenced and moved by things. The y assume that the attention that Saddam received can be mimicked and show some kind of patriotism.
Sadly this kind of thing happens all the time, I did a case study and I hope I'm not wrong but I believe it was in Malaysia, a boy commited suicide and wrote a letter to his girlfriend saying he loved her so much and could not bear it. All the high school children thought it was so romantic, and what followed after was the worst case of copy cat suicides. The government had to intervene the number of suicides was staggering.
**If I'm wrong I'm sorry about the country, and someone knows the proper name please correct me thanx..
2007-01-06 03:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by GreyRainbow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without knowing those people, it's impossible to say how much the hanging of Saddam had an effect. I'd have to imagine they had some pretty serious problems and that a lot of things could have pushed them over the edge.
But the second story shows that you have to take it seriously when young people talk about doing harm to themselves.
2007-01-06 02:42:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tragic, of course, but it's really no different than kids mimicking things they see on TV all the time. Until society takes responsibility for the images it demands, we will have children taking guns to school to shoot their friends and hanging themselves or whatever else it may be.
2007-01-06 03:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just goes to show that no matter how much parents like to think their children are "mature" they are still children and need lots and lots of supervision and parent interaction.
2007-01-06 03:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by firewomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just another example of how violence spreads and of how our society's inexplicable love of morbid and disgusting things leads to more terrible things.
2007-01-06 02:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by earthling 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that so sad and why do people have so munch touble dealing with it and when you 10 you should not be allowed to be watch something like that. that should no ever be aired on tv.
2007-01-06 02:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are better ways to commit suicide, but rope is cheap and easily accessible.If that's their tool of choice then so be it.
2007-01-06 04:47:05 · answer #7 · answered by shrekster2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps this is a reason we shouldn't use the death penalty to punish others.
2007-01-06 02:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by 18289 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
so much bad stuff going on in the world today, and here are two more.....very depressing....
2007-01-06 02:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So what? It's two less dumb insecure people in this world....I personally don't care for people who are that pathetic.
2007-01-06 02:47:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋