Florida Teen Kills Self Via Webcam

[Rob]

With a name like Abraham Biggs, and no picture of the boy, whaddaya think...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/...webcam_suicide

[Frank]

He just needed stronger medication (joke).

BBC just ran this article: (says the hypocrite, typing into his computer...)

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Abraham Biggs is what ethnicity - Jewish bc of Abraham? I'd figured he was just white.

[The Monitor]

He just needed stronger medication (joke).

BBC just ran this article: (says the hypocrite, typing into his computer...)

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Abraham Biggs is what ethnicity - Jewish bc of Abraham? I'd figured he was just white.

This raises all sorts of issues over whether the world really needs an Internet where anything is available and anyone can access it. I tend to distrust Internet restrictions because, in this society, liberals would control them. On the other hand. one ought to question the cultural impact of digital open borders.

[Frank]

This raises all sorts of issues over whether the world really needs an Internet where anything is available and anyone can access it. I tend to distrust Internet restrictions because, in this society, liberals would control them. On the other hand. one ought to question the cultural impact of digital open borders.

If I ever have kids, they won't use it; no TV either. Though of course that doesn't matter unless they're among other children with similar restrictions.

[The Monitor]

Abraham Biggs was black.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/brea...ry/781833.html

His blackness makes him a martyr according to this comment:

May his death help us break down the stereotypes we have about people of different races and backgrounds and help us see the truth: that each person is a reflection of ourself. Every young person is struggling to fit in into their environment and this young man felt inadequate and had a low self esteem. We should look at each person into their eyes and see the truth of who they really are.

[Gregz]

A 19-year-old man in Florida committed suicide live on the internet as hundreds of web surfers watched -- taunting him and offering encouragement.

Abraham K Biggs, from Broward County, Florida, announced his intention on an online forum, posted a suicide note on another, and then took an overdose of pills in front of his webcam, broadcasting his final moments on website Justin.tv.

Mr Biggs lay on his bed motionless for several hours before members of the website became alarmed. With the video still streaming, viewers eventually called the local police, who broke down the door, found the body and switched off the camera.

On Wednesday, Mr Biggs posted a message on the bodybuilding.com forum and detailed the amount of drugs he was going to take.

Forum members egged him on -- "You want to kill yourself?" one said. "Do it, do the world a favour and stop wasting our time with your mindless self-pity."

In his suicide note, Mr Biggs said that he had hurt other people and hated himself for being a failure. "I have let everyone down and I feel as though I will never change or never improve. I am in love with a girl and I know that I am not good enough for her," he wrote.

As he lay on the bed after taking the pills, many forum members continued to insult him, believing that it was a hoax.

"We regret that this has occurred and respect the privacy of the broadcaster and his family during this time," Michael Seibel, CEO of Justin.tv, said. "We have policies in place to discourage the distribution of distressing content and our community monitors the site accordingly. This content was flagged by our community, reviewed and removed according to our terms of service."

The video feed has been taken down, but clips have been posted elsewhere on the net and copies of the suicide note can also be found, though many of the forum posts have been deleted by their authors. Last year, a British man hanged himself live on webcam. His suicide was witnessed by about 100 chatroom users.

Kevin Whitrick (42) from Telford, Shropshire killed himself after being goaded in an "insult" chatroom at the Paltalk website.

One of the users is claimed to have told him: "F***ing do it. Get on with it." (© The Times, London)

[Gregz]

Forum members egged him on -- "You want to kill yourself?" one said. "Do it, do the world a favour and stop wasting our time with your mindless self-pity."

Show you just how self defeating, suicidal attention seeking behavior is.

[Frank]

Show you just how self defeating, suicidal attention seeking behavior is.

Some people have problems though I'm sure. Maybe he had no friends, rarely saw his family - something like that.

When someone has problems, those who are bound to him have a duty to help - especially considering how young he is. He might not have been able to solve whatever his problem was with a man-god power of will.

Just the same, the rest of Europe has a duty to help suicidal Britain who is embarrassing herself right now, though about the only one not playing Russian Roulette is Russia haha.

[lnelson]

Biggs had a long history of internet hoaxes and histrionics, including suicide
threats. He was loudly homosexual and evidently quite fond of drugs. He made
a nuisance of himself on a bodybuilding board where gay, black drama queens
aren't held in particularly high esteem.

[Jake Featherston]

Thinking yourself a failure at age 19 seems a bit silly.