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ad-miral · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 1488

In Germany, There have been very many cases recently. A boy get problems at high school, has to repeat class, played too many action-shooting-games, and then he takes a gun to school and shoots at people.

One case is in Baden T�rtemmburg, another one is in Sachsen, another one is in Munich (where stellara comes from, however, where is she now?)

Why do they do this? What do you think? Is it because of too much freedom in Germany? Is it because of loneliness? (there are very little guys in Germany)
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flying_pig319 · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 369

ad-miral · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 1488

flying_pig319 · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 369

Well that's a pretty brash decision of you!

You've never been in a situation where you feel so miserable that you want to die, so you think that anyone who is in such a situation is just "unintelligable". I think many people ARE in such a situation, and it's awful. If people are so depressed, there must be something wrong with the world we're creating, not the people.

Do you honestly think that there is no level of sadness that is worse than life? It's hard to comprehend unless you're in such a situation, I'm sure, but I have no doubts that it is there.

Instead, I think you should think that people in those situations are correct to be miserable and want to die, and you should be grateful that you're not in such a situation, instead of just calling them mistaken for wanting to die.

Pretty disrespectful.
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ad-miral · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 1488

heyheyhey dear fp, (great humanist) sorry I haven't been serious enough when talking about this.

You know, the real thing is: I haven't been in a situation where I feel so miserable that I want to die, but this doesn't mean that my life is very successful.
Really, my life is more miserable than a lot of other people. I have experienced many many bad things you can imagine. I don't want to talk about them here, but we can talk about it with pms. It will be a long pm.

Because I had such a life, I think that there is nothing worse in life. Because "bad" is only an adjective you give to an unnamed situation. If you fall down the stairs, you can have the chance to climb up again, and to challenge. You can try to find more ways to get up the stairs etc. And through climbing up the stairs, you learn something others won't learn.

Nothing in life is irreplacable, besides of our family.
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If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love

Jekzhou · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject:

Every person has his/her own problems. But it's how they react to it. Some people are mentally stronger.

To commite suicide you must be very desperate. There are lots of reasons before doing.

You have no one who really is important in your life, nothing to hold up to (no love) , you think death is a way to escape from your problems. (to name a few)

All people die regardless why take away the rights if 1 person wants to end his life earlier?

However if such person thinks that way, he'll surely take some actions against some people he dislike or do some crazy things before committing suicide.

I haven't encountered a single person who hasn't got problems yet....

flying_pig319 · Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 369

Yes, you're both right.

Someone must be very desperate before they commit suicide. They could also be sick (mentally or emotionally), so their vision of getting out of their depression is skewed...

I'd love to get that PM, Admiral. I've gone through some tough stuff too, I assure you.
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ad-miral · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 1488

7. February, 9:11: In Bielefeld, Germany, there were two boy, 16 and 17 years old, in masks, who attacked a schoolclass (30 szudents, 1 teacher) with a softair pistol. They wanted to collect the student's valuables, but the students resisted and overwhelmed the attackers.

7. February, 14:51: A 16- years old girl has to go to prison for two weeks, because she hadn't gone to school for nearly a month. She had to do 37 hours of social work, or she had to pay money. She chose social work but she hasn't done the work.

There was a voting of GEWIS institute. 1086 women and men with children were asked. 45% of the parents still say that it's because of television, internet and videogames, 38% say that there are too little money invested for schools, 31% said that the education politics is to be blaimed, 26% say it's because of parents, 17% say it's because of teachers, 29% say that German schools are not such bad.

What do you think is the reason of increasing children crime rate in Germany?