Teen Commits Suicide Live On Webcam

This was the first news update to catch my eye. A kid, a little bit older than myself, took a lethal dose of medication and killed himself on a website called Justintv.com. Apparently it's a bodybuilding site. He had been blogging about his thoughts of suicide for hours before. This particular article struck me, for some reason. Maybe because it mentioned the word "teen", meaning it could possibly relate to me in one way or another.I really find events like this to be quite astounding. Sudden, spur of the moment occurances that no one can do anything about. A kid ODing on a body building webcam, a british man hanging himself live online, another man shooting himself in the head. All of these were meant to be seen by whoever was watching at the time.Things like this scare me, to be honest. It shows how serious people really can be. It shows how desperate someone can be, looking for help.Some people say that its looking for attention. Maybe that iss the case with some. But I really don't know.The fact that someone actually went through with it is terrifying. And the fact that there could have been hundreds of people watching, unable to do anything. It is said that some of the people that were viewing contacted the admin of the site, who located where he was and then sent police, though it was too late by the time they got there.It is also said that some people encouraged him to kill himself.I am at a loss for words.I wonder. Are we desensitized? Do we not believe that people really wont do things like this? Is this the new way to slake our boredom?It is said that intelligent people become bored more easily then unintelligent people, simply because their minds require more things to keep them entertained.I would not call this intelligence.I believe that at this day and age, people have simply become cruel.There are no two ways about it.People have become cruel.For their own entertainment.Has this ever-present threat of suicide become so monotonous that every attempt or suggestion of it become farse?No.We all should know now more than ever that it is a very real thing that really can happen.Egging someone on could very well cause them to take that last pill, tie that knot, or pull that trigger.We should all know this by now.Now more than ever we have proof that it does happen.People become unstable, they get lost, they feel hopeless. It. does. happen.We have a detached sense of reality. We have less and less to live for.We have destroyed ourselves and everything around us.And it is not getting better.Wake up.