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Originally Posted by Tsar
I'm just humored by the fact that someone is sissy enough to take their own life over some "internet bullying"...
So people found out, what's the big deal?
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1) How much balls does it take to
willingly take your life?
2) How much balls does it take to jump off a bridge that ranges between 200-600 feet above the water?
3) How much balls does it take to acknowledge the fact that when he hits the water it's no longer water, but equivalent to solid concrete?
4) You don't know what this kid's past is. Maybe he wasn't out to his parents. News reporters that interviewed a friend said that he was very shy, introversive, and it was probably really hard for him to confide in someone,
especially if he was scared to come out to his family (this is a MAYBE, not a definite)
5) "So people found out, what's the big deal?"? Imagine your world being flipped upside down in an instant and everything you thought you had control over was suddenly spiraling out of control and there was nothing you could do about it now. Your own personal armageddon. Now everyone knows about you, rumors are spreading about you, snickers behind your back (possibly)
6) Imagine the mental stress and psychological damage this did. It isn't some everyday hazing or college prank. The kid thought he was safe, secure, and
trusted his roommate, above all else. And in an act of "humor" the roommate antagonizes him by making fun of his sexuality or his interests
Now, kind sir, I ask you HOW you find that
humorous... because I for one didn't find it f@!cking funny when a random kid in my high school went out of his way to contact my older sister via facebook that I was being intimate with another guy, and even told
her that he knew I wasn't ready to come out to my family. THEN my world came spiraling out of control, and since then I've been treading on thin ice; watching my back constantly fearing that I'm going to be disowned or killed for being what I am. Fearing that my parents will murder me because they can't fathom their son being gay.
I know part of what went through Taylor's mind. And what drove him to unfortunately end his own life has gone through almost every homosexual's mind at one point or another... Myself included.