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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should all pranks and practical jokes be halted in case a victim commits suicide? [View all]
Last edited Sat Dec 8, 2012, 04:01 PM - Edit history (1)
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Yes. Nobody should ever play a prank or practical joke, because you never know when it might cause somebody to commit suicide. | |
1 (13%) |
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No. Pranks can be funny, and if someone commits suicide they probably have more serious issues. | |
5 (63%) |
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Other. | |
2 (25%) |
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Should all pranks and practical jokes be halted in case a victim commits suicide? [View all]
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
OP
I voted "no," but I do think we should try to be toughtful with our pranks and jokes. nt
ZombieHorde
Dec 2012
#2
Other: the news is about an attempt to get people to break the rules of their workplace
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#3
OK, fair enough, the other nurse would have been the one to break the law
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#9
So the prank call to Scott Walker (supposedly from David Koch) should not have happened,
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#10
No but some sensitivity should be shown about making private citizens who weren't
Raine
Dec 2012
#13
She obviously had major, major issues, and anything could have triggered her suicidal urges.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
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