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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
MM - there was no crime until he did it. Yes, people "egged" him on, but did they do so with malace? I would expect in an evironment as what I imagine this chat room would be like that the use of props and other site "gags" (for lack of a better term) would be, if not commonplace, not be atypical.
This guy went looking for an audience that would egg him on. Blaming that audience for existing and holding them criminally liable serves no purpose. As has already been said better than I'm capable of, you can't prosecute someone for being an asshole.
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Did they do so with malice? Neither of us know. But I can say that I've heard stories of people doing the same thing in person, in the case of people who are threatening to jump off of buildings, for example - that there will be people on the street telling them to jump. I think it perfectly reasonable that there were people watching who were egging him on maliciously. And frankly, I can't fathom how you would egg someone on to suicide
without malice. It's malicious whether you think the person in question is serious or not.
And again, I want to state that I'm not calling for the arrest of these people - just trying to stretch the ropes a bit.