Gay Encounter Posted on the 'Net, Rutgers Student Jumps off the GWB

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According to news reports the Phi Delta Theta chapter at the university is helping with memorial activities:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...lementi_3.html

Excerpt:

. . . Dozens of Rutgers students left flowers and notes at a memorial table at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick. Phi Delta Theta, the fraternity that organized the memorial, plans to send the notes and flowers to Clementi’s family.

"We decided we should put something together for people to voice their frustration and condolences," said Jason Dacruz, 20, the fraternity’s president. "We wanted it to be more of a personal thing for Tyler." . . .

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Originally Posted by Always AlphaGam

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09...udent.suicide/



Another article says that the images involved Clementi having sex with another man.

Thoughts? Should the two other students involved receive a heavy punishment? This reminds me of the Myspace mom bullying the teen girl in MO who committed suicide.

I feel for the victim and his family. Humiliation is temporary. Certainly not worth taking one's own life.

I disagree. Everyone has their level of what they can tolerate. It's apparent he reached his. Think about possible fallout of what happened. Can you imagine how that would affect his life? His friends, family knowing this part of his life that was hidden for whatever reason, displayed for all the world to see. People can be very cruel as this was the case. I seriously doubt his life would have gotten any easier unless maybe he moved to another country. It's easy for us to say "suicide is not the answer". For some it's the only answer. I certainly don't recommend it as a solution to anything, speaking from experience.

ETA:
I found reasons valid to me, to live. Unfortunately, this young man did not.