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To: BenLurkin
Not sure how I come down on this - sleazy work by the "girlfriend" but is it really a punishable crime for similar age folks to tell each other to do stupid things?

Reminds me of one of my Mom's friends in the '50s - she was really upset because she was pissed at her boss and told him to drop dead -- which he did later that nigh of a massive heart attack.

I realize it ain't the exact same thing but where does one draw the line. If someone urges a girlfriend to have an abortion, or even perform one on herself, it kills a baby -- under the "standards" used here, that person should also be indicted.

7 posted on 07/02/2016 9:25:47 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb
Not sure how I come down on this - sleazy work by the "girlfriend" but is it really a punishable crime for similar age folks to tell each other to do stupid things?

I don't know if it is illegal, but it should be. By definition, a suicidal person is in need of the help of a psychiatrist or other medical care. Preying on a suicidal person's mental affliction, urging them to go ahead with suicide is as bad or worse than selling heroin to an addict who is already at death's door.
11 posted on 07/02/2016 9:29:27 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: trebb

She is truly evil. She pushed him and pushed him. She is a sociopath. She wanted the attention she would garner after he died. This was a manipulative ***** who used the ultimate power over another vulnerable human being. There really are no words to describe this person.
That all said, she will get away with it.


14 posted on 07/02/2016 9:31:30 AM PDT by ozaukeemom (If we continue to divide, they will conquer!)
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To: trebb

Absolutely. The boy obviously had issues, and she played upon those issues. She could have walked away and said it is over, but she instead chose to repeatedly goad him until he finally acquiesced.


16 posted on 07/02/2016 9:32:44 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: trebb

What you described sounded like a one time event, a nasty remark voiced while in a particularly bad mood. What happened with these two here though, was not a one time event, but an extended campaign to cloud the boy’s feeble mind and shape his behavior.

She knew he was highly suggestible, and many boys that age will be with young girls. She knew he had few other influences in his life that could counter her suggestions. This boy seemed to feel both inferior and deeply depressed. This gal must have known how the end result could look, and like a film director(or like the Intercom voice of your own consciousness), she hectored him in order to achieve that result.


18 posted on 07/02/2016 9:36:32 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: trebb

Sorry but she didn’t just shout out in anger kill yourself...

She actively manipulated and influenced him over extended periods of time to commit this act.

She is a sick twisted sociopath


23 posted on 07/02/2016 9:40:56 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: trebb

I have said “drop dead” to a number of people, particularly guys who were acting like jerks. It was just a phrase we used in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. These guys are all fine and turned out well - without me in their life.

We certainly didn’t use the “whatever” or “yeah, right” which seems to be popular among young people today. Such a response in my house would have resulted in a slap across my face and a washing out of my mouth with soap.


27 posted on 07/02/2016 9:45:41 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: trebb

I agree, camel/tent, slope/slippery.

If you wine & dine a woman for weeks/months and then finally convince her to have sex with you, could she later claim that you talked her into it so now it’s rape?

Awful, evil, rotten, sure, but criminally responsible????? I say no.


52 posted on 07/02/2016 10:28:39 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: trebb

If you hand someone who is suicidal a loaded gun you can and will be prosecuted.

This pretty well fits into that category.....


65 posted on 07/02/2016 11:17:42 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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