The cold hard reality of the culture of death

“Access to a blog and a webcam probably contributed to the on-line suicide of Abraham Biggs Jr, 19, said Dr Jon Shaw, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Biggs, of Pembroke Pines, in Florida, took a lethal mixture of three drugs on Wednesday, then blogged about it while a webcam broadcast his actions, including his death.

The webcam might have contributed to the psychological distance that allowed other bloggers to urge, even taunt, the young man to go ahead with the suicide, Shaw said.”

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