Posted on 12/07/2012 1:17:56 PM PST by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
Why does modern western civ think its “cool” to be mean to perfectly innocent individuals in the name of humor? Its sick.
This is ridiculous. The nurse obviously had other mental issues. No sane person would commit suicide over a prank. It wasn’t even that embarrassing a prank. Have we become so weak that a little bit of embarrassment makes us go off the deep end.
And now you are a blogger.
A tragic tale of dashed dreams and failure.
My condolences, sir.
No. Just like the bully suicides, the person that did the killing is the suicide NOT the people around them. They might have done something annoying and stupid and embarrassing for her, but plenty of people get annoyed and embarrassed without killing themselves. It’s like blaming the gun for the crime.
“The nurse obviously had other mental issues.”
Yet she was still working. Still a mother to her children. They pushed her over the edge with their stupid prank. What if a “prank” causes someone to have a heart attack. They are off the air now.
Very bad, misleading headline.
NO they didn’t kill her.
She took her own life.
Your Headline is tantamount to saying the gun killed the victim.
Granted, they may have (in her mind) ‘shamed’ her and I would imagine her peers were pretty harsh on her, but, if the original reports are correct, she did herself in.
Other than the loss of life etc the other ‘tragedy’ here is that we will now be cascaded with 9 months (give or take) nonstop reports and updates on every hangnail and headache Mz Middleton experiences.
Wrong. She was a private person made to look silly to the entire world within a few hours. This isn’t like an office prank or a prank among buddies ... this could be an enromous burden to a shy, sensitive person.
They should fire those DJ’s. I read that they were a little embarrassed by their prank at first until it went viral and then were just oh so enthralled with their wit.
It sure would happen here in the States with our HIPPA laws.
I heartily agree, dinoparty. Media should not ambush innocent people. In 1995, Jenny Jones invited a guy by the name of Jonathan Schmitz on her talk show to meet his secret admirer, leading Schmitz to believe it was a woman. It turned out his admirer was a gay guy named Scott Amedure. Schmitz was so distraught at being humiliated on national TV, he bought a shotgun, went to Amedures home and killed him. Jenny Jones claimed no responsibility.
This “Howard Stern” culture in the West is disgusting. Sick, stupid pranks & jokes passed off as “fun”.
Her job was over. Her life was over. She was about to be nothing more than a punchline to a joke all over the UK. You can bet there would have been more to it than that, if she were an immigrant she might be one of the few harrassed and expelled for embarrassing the royal family.
I think you are right. Not only was she made to look silly but I can imagine she got a chewing out from her employer, which would have added to her burden. I’m sure in her world people are not as cruel as those idiots who fooled her.
Those DJ’s are loving this attention I bet.
Horrible people.
People should consider that before they engage in 'harmless pranks'.
That certainly turned ugly.
Such a pity.
“Jacintha was a first-class nurse who cared diligently for hundreds of patients during her time with us” over the last four years, he said.
“Everyone is shocked by the loss of a much-loved and valued colleague.”
He said the hospital, a favourite of the royals for years, had been trying to help Saldanha “through this very difficult time” after the call had sparked intense media coverage.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15584247/nurse-in-kate-royal-hoax-call-found-dead/
No mention of her employer “chewing her out” at all. Where did you get that information?
No, she killed herself.
This is the same as the agy guy whose roomate filmed him making out with a guy, put it on the internet, then the gay guy jumped to his death.
-The gay guy jumped to his death-
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