This is a link to an episode of The Fifth Estate documenting the story of Nadia Kajouji, who was encouraged to commit suicide by a man posing as a female nurse online in 2008. This was quite a landmark legal case, as it brought to light the culpability of those who attempt to persuade others to take their lives over the Internet. As a true crime enthusiast and (obviously) someone who considers suicide and depression to be a major part of their life, I have found this to be one of the most fascinating cases I’ve seen in some time.
If you aren’t into true crime documentaries, this may not be for you. But, I thought there may be some people here who would find the episode interesting.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2010-2011/justice-for-nadia
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Fascinating and tragic at the same time. I remember reading the story of Nadia Kajouji and William Francis Melchert-Dinkel, the LPN found guilty of encouraging the suicide. Not only did he encourage the suicide, he faked being a woman and apparently encouraged the suicide to be captured on a webcam so he could watch it. An individual choosing to commit suicide is terrible enough. Someone else adding fuel to their fire is, put simply, vile.
I read about it. That’s why I get so angry when we get trolls here :/
wow, that is really interesting. I’m all for autonomy and for every individual’s right to their own body, and I believe that every person is responsible for their own actions, but I do think that someone that exploits a person’s emotional and psychological vulnerability and pressures them to make bad decisions should be held responsible to some degree, it’s emotional/psychological manipulation
I have a very special flange cover for smacking emotionally manipulative people like that with. It’s all covered with rusty nails. That kind of thing pisses me off.