[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Tsar

Matters not, in the context of "pushing over the edge to off himself" because no one liked him. Or will we have some 93 year old Judge who is gonna be the deciding factor in what's a bad prank, which one is ok, and which one I can do everyday? What if you draw a penis on some drunk and they off themselves because of some other weird issue? How many years in the slammer for that?

People can be "pushed" over the edge by different number of circumstance, do we prosecute everyone who does such action?

I do see your point and understand what you're saying. At what point is the line drawn though between a prank and something criminal?

There have been a couple of posts here talking about how the kid had no friends and was a loner....what better target. It's probably safe to assume they knew this, they knew he wasn't all there and still did this anyway just to push that line even harder. We're going to agree to disagree on this being just a prank. I don't think it was, I look at it as being something bigger.

Originally Posted by WiMiMc

oh no no i didnt mean that they're to blame for that. i mean they are partially responsible for how he took it and reacted to it

I see what you mean but I've unfortunately been down that road and my parents raised me correctly. I know right from wrong. I had a drastic change in my life a few years ago and almost did something stupid. So I can relate to what the kid was thinking however I wasn't taking that way out of things...and it splits me down the middle inside. I know where people like that are coming from but I also know it's not the right answer(unless it's some extreme circumstance).

No amount of parenting can prepare you for that.