Alpha Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police said Tuesday they were investigating a group suicide in which seven people who got acquainted through the Internet killed themselves. Four men and three women, mostly in their 20s, were found dead in a car parked on a mountain in Minano, Saitama prefecture near Tokyo, the police said. Police found four charcoal stoves in the car, the windows of which were sealed from the inside. The car was wrapped in blue plastic sheets. "We believe they all died after inhaling carbon monoxide from the charcoal," a police spokesman said. "We believe they got acquainted through the Internet." One of the seven had sent an e-mail to a friend Monday saying he would commit suicide, the spokesman said. "We found no traces of violence that could have otherwise led to their deaths," he said. Police said cases of "Internet suicide" had started to come to the fore in early 2003 and that a total of 34 people had killed themselves in such pacts.This is just outrageous and sick. So are we going to start seeing IRC chatrooms that label as #suicide? I hope one day we figure out how to resolve this and to actually help the people and not basically show them the road to suicide.
Gryph Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Man...what is going on with people!? This is almost as bad as that woman in Germany who met a cannibal online and agreed to be eaten by him.
Fatal Rose Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 Man...what is going on with people!? This is almost as bad as that woman in Germany who met a cannibal online and agreed to be eaten by him.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHAT?!
KyokugenKiss Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 wow! thats cool!!! "Because dead will shine all night long!!!"-ROLLY
L.S.D Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 I wonder how they persuade each other to do this. Sick.
Agozer Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 I read about this in the papers yesterday. Oh well, I'm sure they had their reasons.
L.S.D Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 I read about this in the papers yesterday. Oh well, I'm sure they had their reasons.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any reasons in the world shouldn't drive anyone to suicide.
Agozer Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 (edited) I read about this in the papers yesterday. Oh well, I'm sure they had their reasons. Any reasons in the world shouldn't drive anyone to suicide.Hey, they're are (or rather were) japanese. Their reasons don't speak for the rest of the people. Edited October 14, 2004 by Agozer
L.S.D Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 I read about this in the papers yesterday. Oh well, I'm sure they had their reasons.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Any reasons in the world shouldn't drive anyone to suicide.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hey, they're are (or rather were) japanese. Their reasons don't speak for the rest of the people.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh yeah, we are talking about people who like to eat raw, bath in public and have three religions in three different stages of life
Sturmvogel Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 From what little I know of Japanese culture, I'm not surprised something like this has happened. There's an immense pressure on people to succeed....and for some I guess it was easier to take their lives.
Agozer Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 From what little I know of Japanese culture, I'm not surprised something like this has happened. There's an immense pressure on people to succeed....and for some I guess it was easier to take their lives.There have been quite a number of debates, polls, documentaries and whatnot regarding this cultural "issue". All of this in japan alone. Koizumi (the prime minister) has tackled this before, but old habits are hard to break. The pressure to succeed in like is so deeply interwoven into their culture, that it's an disgrace to the family and the student if he/she doesn't get into a university.
Bluestinger X Posted October 14, 2004 Posted October 14, 2004 thats kinda weird... did anyone ever watch Paranoia Agent? its an anime with a very weird story. Anyways one of the episodes completely goes away from he main plot and is about these 3 people who wana do what those people did. They met on a message board and such. Anyways sounds almost like it yet they failed to pull it off and ended up giving up on dieing. Anyways just thought it was kinda weird... specialy after watching that episode
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