ChrisPer
2007-11-18 16:38:34
The story appears to be a non-story designed to score points against Bush and the Iraq decision, but there is something much worse to it.
Suicide stories in the media kill people for real.
Contagion and copycat suicides are a proven result of publicity for suicidal behaviour. Like school shootings, like terrorism, media exploitation is a driving force creating the stories as well as reporting them.
Remember in the late 1970s how Vietnam vets were written in TV drama as snapping and committing mass murders? This story has potential to grow, and be built up in people’s minds, and result in a significant number of veteran suicides that would not otherwise have occurred.
Stomp on them, and hard. It could save dozens of lives.
