Comments on: 2 Boys Die, Mimicking Saddam Hanging

10-Year-Old In Texas And 9-Year-Old In Pakistan

[nothappyatall]

"Police said the boy had tied a slipknot around his neck while on a bunk bed. Police investigators learned that Sergio had been upset about not getting a Christmas gift from his father, but they don't believe the boy intentionally killed himself."

He ALSO could have been playing the "choking game", where kids do this to get a momentary high, some go unconscious before they can stop the process and they die.

"A 9-year-old Pakistani boy also apparently hanged himself re-enacting Hussein's execution with the help of elder sister by tying a rope to a ceiling fan and his neck in his home,"

I nominate them for the FIRST 2007 "Darwin award" for inteligence, this one takes the cake! All I can say is I'm glad this kid won't grow up to become something like an airline pilot. bus driver or something critical where having inteligence is required so you don't hurt yourself and kill innocent people in the process.
This is the kind of kid who drinks drain cleaner or clorox found in a container under the sink because they thought it was Coolaid- has happened.

[melcarnahan]

Bush has the decision making capacity of a 10 year old boy who plays baseball with frogs. But he said he hasn't seen the hanging yet.

[dargay]

what a tragedy, both this kid in texas and Pakistan. Why did this execution(lynching) have to be flaunted in the media?

[jn122736]

Adolescence is a major learning curve of life. What children learn in the earliest years of this curve is crucial to how they handle events in later years
The most important thing parents can do is help their children understand and adapt to things occur in their lives. No matter how many times you tell them a hot stove will burn them, they will almost always have to touch it at least once just to see for themselves.
I know folks who home school their children primarily because they don%u2019t want them exposed to how other kids behave.
This is fine except that reality is the school of hard knocks no one can avoid or drop out of.
One thing I always tried to teach my kids was to think for themselves and be responsible for their actions.

[ecuadoriana]

Thanks jimibear for the nod. If you didn't see it before, read my coment from 1:26 pm.

[Jasonian18]

no comment other then there need to be some sorta balance... that is all.

[alamo81]

it is just plain sad--im sorry for the kids and the families

[elgraz]

jimibear,
WE ALL LOVE YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY AND CATCH YOU ALL TOMORROW. IT'S TIME TO WORKOUT...ADIOS AMIGOS. HASTA MANANA.

[jimibear]

Gmond, I suspect I detect just a trace of sarcasm there ...

Point well taken. Censorship is not the answer (although I wish the media would self-censor in the name of simple good taste and respect more than they do). But if someone handed your kid a big bottle clearly labeled "POISON" and you sat there and watched him drink it ... well, who's more to blame there? Who's actually responsible for

a) keeping the poison away from the kid and

b) teaching him that drinking poison will kill him.

[elgraz]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.