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Nye Bevan

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Sat Dec 8, 2012, 02:54 PM Dec 2012

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%)
No. Pranks can be funny, and if someone commits suicide they probably have more serious issues.
5 (63%)
Other.
2 (25%)
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No fucking way! -..__... Dec 2012 #1
*shudder* Wanda Sykes... Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #7
too funny! treestar Dec 2012 #21
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
The nurse who killed herself did nothing except transfer the call. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #6
OK, fair enough, the other nurse would have been the one to break the law muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #9
That nurse had other issues. lalalu Dec 2012 #4
No, but I don't think it's too much to ask wickerwoman Dec 2012 #5
Plus a gazillion and a half! LiberalLoner Dec 2012 #8
So the prank call to Scott Walker (supposedly from David Koch) should not have happened, Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #10
Only if it was that receptionist's job to confirm the identity of the caller. jeff47 Dec 2012 #15
What I'm saying is, wickerwoman Dec 2012 #22
I voted "other." I wouldn't want to ban thucythucy Dec 2012 #11
That! OldEurope Dec 2012 #14
i say ban everything arely staircase Dec 2012 #12
No but some sensitivity should be shown about making private citizens who weren't Raine Dec 2012 #13
+1 treestar Dec 2012 #18
Good Grief! Let's take the receptionist call fowarding in perspective -- Hestia Dec 2012 #23
She obviously had major, major issues, and anything could have triggered her suicidal urges. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #24
Better question union_maid Dec 2012 #16
Depends treestar Dec 2012 #17
It wasn't a prank AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #19
The tasteless we shall always have with us. Common sense, not so much. libdem4life Dec 2012 #20
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