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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Actually, if you remember the rape case that The Accused starring Jodie Foster was based on, people were arrested and convicted for egging on the rapists. And being that suicide is, I believe, legally a crime (at least here in the US) that such an idea as holding people responsible for egging on a suicide might not be totally without precedent. I dunno.
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There is a difference between witnessing an event and urging to continue and watching an event with no capability to stop it and egging it on. The rape case was basically that there were people present who could have stopped the occurance but didnt. They indulged in it.
This case, (which really isn't a case IMO) is just some dumb fuck who was probably drunk and wanted to try and be a badass. The people who egged him on are not at fault as there was no physical way to prevent the event. When someone is going to kill themselves, no amount of "don't do it" will really matter.