Hey Guys, I posted some of my thoughts on this issue here: <http://zadidiaz.com/blog/2006/12/in_case_of_suicide_note_break.html>
If you want to add your ideas to the protocol list, please do so. I'll see if I can get this together and send it to the folks at MySpace. Or even to the press. Actually, if you just want to blog about it, maybe that would be a better way to help change things. Sadly, this isn't a new issue. And if you google myspace+suicide+teen you'll see what I mean. I don't think it's the parent's fault entirely. Kids need to feel that parents trust them when they're hanging out with their friends. And that's what sites like MySpace are - a hangout joint. If it's going to be infiltrated with adults, the kids will go elsewhere. There needs to be a more trusting, organic, efficient approach to something like this. MySpace has also partnered with the National Suicide Lifeline. I think that relationship can go beyond being just an ad based one. Our online lives aren't different from our offline lives anymore. The two need to be more in synch than they currently are. It's like trying to talk through tin cans sometimes... Zadi http://jetsetshow.com http://zadidiaz.com --- In [email protected], "Robyn Tippins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It may be a parent's 'responsibility' but don't we want to help when people > need it? Even if someone is failing, does it mean their child should die? > Or, what if the child has just been abused or is abusing drugs? Whose fault > then? And, then, sometimes kids or adults have mental issues that make it > not anyone's fault, but an issue of illness. Either way, whether it's a > parent's fault, or not, don't we want to help them not die? > > > > Robyn > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lan Bui > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MySpace Suicide Note > > > > I really think a child's actions are the parents responsibility. If > you see a child get caught stealing something in a store, who does > the store want to talk to? > > Now stealing isn't suicide but just because it is really really > horrible doesn't make it less the parents responsibility to know > their children. > > -Lan > www.LanBui.com > -------------------- > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Heath wrote: > > Making a blanket statement like that is very shortsigted, it's easy > to find "warning" signs after the fact and sometimes just sometimes, > you never know why someone committed suicide, that doesn't make it > the parents fault..... > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> , Lan Bui <lan.bui.vloggroup@> > wrote: > > > In the end, I think that if you go above and beyond to possibly > >help > > someone, that is great. But you can't save everyone, and if you > > happen not to help someone, don't lose any sleep over it; it would > >be > > the parents fault. > > > > > > -Lan > > www.LanBui.com > > -------------------- > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 18, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Zadi wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Today I came across a teen who had written a suicide note on > MySpace: > > > > <http://flickr.com/photos/karmagrrrl/326204445/? > > #comment72157594427411558> > > > > At first, I thought it was a joke - just a teen looking for > attention. > > But when I clicked on his profile and read some of his blog posts, I > > began to realize that it may be real after all. > > > > It turned out it was real. And he was overdosing on pills. Rick > Rey, a > > fellow videoblogger, called the school and the authorities handled > it > > from there. Just a few moments ago I received an email from one of > his > > friends saying the kid was alive and holding on in the hospital. > > > > My question is... What should the protocol be in instances like > these? > > You see a suicide note on a social network site and you feel > > completely helpless. Luckily, Rick scanned the page enough to notice > > the school info, but what if there had been none? > > > > I feel like there should be a little box on all these social > networks > > that say "in case of fire, break glass." A red button of sorts. But > is > > that getting into a whole gray area? > > > > How does one ensure that young people are physically safe? Can the > > buddy system/top eight be more useful when things like this happen? > Is > > there an alarm? > > > > Just thinking out loud. Thoughts? > > > > Zadi > > http://jetsetshow.com > > http://zadidiaz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
