this is a sad tragedy. What are your thoughts?

United States
January 9, 2007 4:02pm CST
A boy hear in Houston Texas hung himself on his bed. I am not from houston but it is big news hear in texas roght now. This boy hung himself posibly acting out the saddam hanging. he was very young and this has hit the heart of many Texans. Do you think that the video should have gotten out? Why was this little child aloud to see the hanging? would you let your child see the video?
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@classy56 (2880)
• United States
10 Jan 07
this is very sad an their was a boy in iraq that did the same thing an his sister pulled the chair out from under him.they had seen it on tv an was copying everything they seen.this video should have never went on national tv for people to watch.all of this could have save a kids life
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• United States
10 Jan 07
it was leaked by a person who recorded the hanging with their phone. I did not hear about the one in iraq that is to sad I could not bear the burden of pulling the chair out from my brother. Iraq did also did not show the hanging they showed the body so I also blame the parents for leting their kids see the video I have seen it and even though it isnt all that good of a recording I would not let my child see it.
• United States
14 Jan 07
My husband watched the entire thing, and told me to also with him, but I did not. It is not something that I want to see. I have seen what they show here, in the States, and just parts online. I don't think I will ever want to watch the entire thing.
• United States
19 Jan 07
this is a very sad situation, and I feel that the parents should have monitored what their son was watching a little more closely, I would never allow my children to watch such a thing, I am always checking to see what my son is watching.
• United States
19 Jan 07
yes sad indeed he was to young to see anything like that.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
19 Jan 07
Itis lack of good relgious teaching or influence of bad religious teaching. People in Islam take to extreme steps and consider even the murderer as great person. Young people are brain washed and I find this even among the highly educated people, who blindly follow a religion which teaches violence.
• United States
19 Jan 07
so the boy here in texas was brain washed from the tape I dont understand your comment.
• United States
14 Jan 07
I had responded to a similar discussion, earlier in the week, but the person who wrote it didn't say that the child was from Texas, I figured that he was from Iraq. And, as I said before, that is sad, and should never have happened. The little kids of today, are being sawmped with things that seem "OK" in our society, when they are not. I feel sorry for the child, more than for anyone else, because the child that imitated what he saw, did not know what he was doing. There needs to be some accountability from not only the parents and the media, but from society as a whole.
• United States
14 Jan 07
I fully agree with you about the accountability. Yes it was here in texas it was big news for us as you can imagin.