Teen suicides over 'Big Bang' fear

[Gumleaf]

07:46 AEST Thu Sep 11 2008

A teenage girl in central India killed herself after being traumatised by media reports that a "Big Bang" experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said.



full article can be found here with news footage too.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=629454

[RaisingSand]

I will say it again.

Ignorance. Kills.

[The Resurrected One]

Wow.

If I was that afraid of the end of the world today, or now, Oct. 21, I would have just waited until it actually happened and we all died together.

But nothing happened today, and nothing will happen in October either.

[Matt_]

uh...
Why kill yourself..because you think you could die?
Its sad, but Im glad to have one less person like this in the world.

[Nihilus]

Its kinda sad but she must have been freaked out.

[Close102]

that was sad but if scientists thought there was any chance that the world would end then they shouldnt have been able to conduct the experiment

[Serenity]

Oh.
My.
Fucking.
God.

I will never in my life understand paranoia like that....

[redcar]

A perfect example of people taking the media far too seriously. It will only get worse.

[Aηdy]

A perfect example of people taking the media far too seriously. It will only get worse.

Agreed. The media blows everything up so much, and make things that don't really matter seem like a huge thing. It makes people worry.. and results in stuff like this.

Why on earth would you kill yourself if you believed you were going to die anyway though? Surely if you believed that strongly about it, you would live those last moments of your life.

[Sugaree]

The media fucks everything out of proportion. I could understand if I was in her position and she was afraid. But, knowing that you could possibly die and then kill your self when you know there is a chance....I just don't know how to end that.

[Sapphire]

Bloody hell. How stupid can people get?

[RaisingSand]

Agreed, the media does blow things way out of proportion. I'm still waiting for the entire population to die of bird flu.

[Gumleaf]

Agreed, the media does blow things way out of proportion. I'm still waiting for the entire population to die of bird flu.

i accidently started a rumour at my school that this guy had bird flu. he likes eating chicken and he had the flu and i jokingly told someone it was bird flu and they believed me and started telling people. ooops :P but on topic, i agree that the media go to great lengths to build these things up when it was all based on the theories of a few scientists. i think its sad really.

[Junky]

good if shes that dumb she deserves to die :) gods way of cleaning the gene pool :yes:

[ShatteredWings]

good if shes that dumb she deserves to die :) gods way of cleaning the gene pool :yes:

tat's a lil much

Still, this is really really really stupid. that someone did that.

[Gumleaf]

good if shes that dumb she deserves to die :) gods way of cleaning the gene pool :yes:

thats very very harsh!!! no one deserves to die, despite how "dumb" they might seem.

[Serenity]

good if shes that dumb she deserves to die :) gods way of cleaning the gene pool :yes:

Dumb? She was very religious, young, and petrified. Was it an intelligent decision? Of course not. But the combination of her beliefs and what she thought was an imminent doomsday led her to a rashly made choice in the heat of terror. That doesn't make her dumb, nor does it mean she deserved to die. What an awful thing to say. How dare you judge her, or indeed anyone else, like that?

[Antares]

Oh dear god!
Common sense prevails always!

[Junky]

Dumb? She was very religious, young, and petrified. Was it an intelligent decision? Of course not. But the combination of her beliefs and what she thought was an imminent doomsday led her to a rashly made choice in the heat of terror. That doesn't make her dumb, nor does it mean she deserved to die. What an awful thing to say. How dare you judge her, or indeed anyone else, like that?
Hmm i missed the part that part "If the news says the world is coming to an end kill yourself!!" of the bible/koran/,,do you honestly know anyone that believes EVERYTHING you hear on the news? Even my not so bright friends don't believe everything they hear...

[serial-thrilla]

umm this makes no sence to me... why would you kill yourself because you fear for your eventual death. Seems like it would be smarter to take your chances? lol

[Serenity]

Hmm i missed the part that part "If the news says the world is coming to an end kill yourself!!" of the bible/koran/,,do you honestly know anyone that believes EVERYTHING you hear on the news? Even my not so bright friends don't believe everything they hear...

I'm not saying it was logical or rational. She was young, she was terrified. People do grossly irrational things when they're frightened, it's been proven time and time again. Making a mistake in the heat of terror doesn't make a person DUMB. It makes them human. Granted this was a rather enormous mistake and maybe her terror doesn't make sense to you but still, you have no right or place to call anyone DUMB.

[Techno Monster]

Damn.
Stupid media makes everything seem deadly.

[serial-thrilla]

Might I asked that you show at least a little respect? I mean come on, this is someones life we're talking about!
I agree, however i don't really feel too bad for her. This is natural selection in it's purest form.