<p>reading the bulletins....i highly doubt he's alive...i don't think he'd get a bunch of ppl to post memories and woes just for attention...because that'd obviously show that he already has attention...</p>
<p>I do take threats seriously, even minor ones that concerns friends (i.e. taking drugs, addiction, etc.). But I just don't see the logic in resorting to suicide ... seriously. Maybe I've never been depressed enough to see why one would like to take their own lives, but I'd bet I wouldn't kill myself just because the world doesn't revolve around me and I don't get everything I want (I know this is not the cause of all suicidal deaths, but most people commit suicide because they can't "take it" anymore). I'll admit, it is sad that these people had to resort to suicide but ... I don't know. Maybe I'm just blind to depression, suicide, etc. but suicide is just not the avenue to end your life.</p>
<p>I do agree with how teens-at least most of them-don't think of the finality of their actions, which is all the reason to perpetuate taking threats seriously. I really wonder though, what is it about the human psyche that really pushes them to do it?</p>