Comments on: Suicide and using the Internet for self-expression http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/0047.html Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: zephoria http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/0047.html#comment-676 zephoria Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:58:42 +0000 http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2005/01/disturbing-uses-of-the-internet-for-self-expression/#comment-676 I wish i remember where i read of an anthropological study of suicide in Asian islands (it is quite probably Durkheim). There was an interesting point when the first person that anyone knew killed himself. It resulted in a rash of suicides that followed in suit. Suicide is frequently a marker of ultimate anomie, that state of unimaginable alienation. It doesn't take the internet for people to engage in this practice and for it to spread wildly. But the internet can offer a solution for some, which is where you get into the +/- game. Just as you noted, there are plenty of populations for whom suicide was being contemplated but averted through internet broadcasting and building connections online. I wish i remember where i read of an anthropological study of suicide in Asian islands (it is quite probably Durkheim). There was an interesting point when the first person that anyone knew killed himself. It resulted in a rash of suicides that followed in suit. Suicide is frequently a marker of ultimate anomie, that state of unimaginable alienation. It doesn’t take the internet for people to engage in this practice and for it to spread wildly. But the internet can offer a solution for some, which is where you get into the +/- game. Just as you noted, there are plenty of populations for whom suicide was being contemplated but averted through internet broadcasting and building connections online.

]]> By: David Brake http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/0047.html#comment-675 David Brake Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:44:51 +0000 http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2005/01/disturbing-uses-of-the-internet-for-self-expression/#comment-675 Along similar lines how about "Cancergiggles"? http://cancergiggles.blog-city.com/ Along similar lines how about “Cancergiggles”? http://cancergiggles.blog-city.com/

]]> By: Wainer http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/0047.html#comment-677 Wainer Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:57:35 +0000 http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2005/01/disturbing-uses-of-the-internet-for-self-expression/#comment-677 A broader topic might well be 'life and death on the Internet'? When you see <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4211475.stm">this guy posting his torment and hope online</a>, the perspective broaden. And judging (bad, bad word) from the comments to his blog, he was hardly ever alone. Thanks David for this post. Wainer A broader topic might well be ‘life and death on the Internet’? When you see this guy posting his torment and hope online, the perspective broaden. And judging (bad, bad word) from the comments to his blog, he was hardly ever alone. Thanks David for this post.

Wainer

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