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- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -12/+125And not to blame the victim, but leaving firearms laying around the house when you know your son is suicidal isn't good parenting either.
- imacommi, on 03/25/2008, -30/+127I'm not condoning what this kid did, but don't you think his father could have thought of some better sort of way to parent his child if the kid is threatening to kill himself? It seems to me that if you have a suicidal child the last thing you want to do is punish them for expressing these ideas and trying to communicate them-- even if that communication is through the Internet.
- Carmilla07, on 03/25/2008, -4/+94You know where else you're banned from get on myspace? Jail.
- tossayo, on 03/25/2008, -2/+79"What does MySpace mean to you?"
"EVERYTHING, BITCH" - ipek, on 03/25/2008, -11/+73Obviously this kid's a psycho. No matter how bad your dad is, you don't do something like this. Mental hospital for you!
- Lutremi, on 03/25/2008, -5/+53Thanks for that random liberal BS. If it wasn't a gun it would've been a knife, or hammer, or axe, or something sharp. The problem is the kid, not guns.
- umbriago, on 03/25/2008, -3/+43Thank God he didn't play video games.
- jowep55, on 03/25/2008, -32/+70This kid deserves the worst. Killing your father because he took away internet access? Wow.
- jowep55, on 03/25/2008, -1/+33Probably not the whole story. I'm sure the parent did some other actions also.
- slippiefist, on 03/25/2008, -4/+34Ha! THE stereotypical pimply-faced teen MySpace user. If you have a MySpace, you will break out in acne and eventually kill your parents. It are a fact.
- jemka, on 03/25/2008, -3/+31If it wasn't MySpace, it would probably have been something else. Warning signs are just that. If you don't take advantage of them, your kids will kill you.
- neocognitism, on 03/25/2008, -16/+43MORE COMPLETELY INCIDENTAL ALARMIST CRAP
What color socks did he have on? Ban that color before more homocides are caused by it! - dygel, on 03/25/2008, -2/+24Say it with me now: "Tried as an adult".
- roomforpanic, on 03/25/2008, -1/+23I doubt this kid was ever truly suicidal.
- minnymoo, on 03/25/2008, -7/+27a close friend of mine committed suicide just this Friday, and i feel horrible for not looking into it... *sigh, just felt like getting that out =(
- SHv2, on 03/25/2008, -6/+25It's generally not the responsible licensed people with guns that kill people, it's those that obtain them illegally that kill people
- InspectorGadget, on 03/25/2008, -4/+21If my name was Hughstan Schlicker I'd ***** kill the people that named me too.
- doughnu7, on 03/25/2008, -2/+18"After the shooting, Schlicker said, he called a female friend and told her ..."
Pfft... We all know he blogged it on MySpace before calling anyone. - aladrin, on 03/25/2008, -0/+16Yeah, because we all know the whole situation. We -know- he didn't do anything else to try to correct the situation.
Obviously, the kid was extremely messed up. He went from suicide to homicide pretty doggone quickly. Loss of internet access is not a good reason to kill someone. - Bob24, on 03/25/2008, -2/+17Even though alot of people have dugg you down you do kinda have a point
- spanglegluppet, on 03/25/2008, -0/+15Nah, he obviously got off the computer for at least twenty seconds to shoot his father, so not a WoW player.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -5/+20If there wasn't a gun available it would have been a knife or a fire.
Shut your liberal trap and look at the big picture. You might as well start banning butter knives and matches too. - gr3yn3t, on 03/25/2008, -0/+14go back to youtube
- SHv2, on 03/25/2008, -2/+16Turning down a friend request, the wrong way...
- blackinthmiddle, on 03/25/2008, -1/+15Sorry for your loss.
My wife works as a guidance counselor in a high school. She says every week they'll discuss the suicidal kids and the ones that could come in and shoot up the entire school. It's always funny when people say things like, "Didn't the teachers see this coming?" Sure they did! There's just nothing legally that can be done about it!
Other than being the best friend you can be, if someone wants to kill themselves, there's really only so much you can do. - tommy3678, on 03/25/2008, -0/+13poor kid??? poor dad!!
- jamesdew, on 03/25/2008, -1/+14I came home the other day and my daughter was scribbling a suicide note but I managed to stop her just in time. It's ok now though i've made sure there are no pens in the house, problem solved.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -0/+12If they started locking up every depressed teenager the schools would look like Auschwitz.
- blackinthmiddle, on 03/25/2008, -4/+15As a father of two, I won't blame the parents. However, there are things I would have done differently. If my kid is expressing suicidal thoughts, I would *probably* get them some psychiatric help for starters. To me, it seems weird to punish a kid who's basically telling you he's having a hard time coping. "Dad, I'm having a hard time dealing with life." "Okay, son. Here's your punishment..." Crazy!
Second, for crying out loud, I'd get rid of ALL guns in the house!!! - WoundedCow, on 03/25/2008, -0/+11I believe a lawsuit is in order...the gun manufacturer, myspace, the relatives in Florida, the police....anyone but the kid...
(I'm sorry, did that sound sarcastic? Quick find a lawyer and sue me!) - inactive, on 03/25/2008, -1/+11When I read the article title the first thing I thought was "Oh *****, that myspace addict kid from a while back, finally snapped."
- BigLLamasHouse, on 03/25/2008, -1/+11this never would have happened had the kid discovered the wonderful world of high-grade marijuana
- MacParrot, on 03/25/2008, -2/+12Except that's not what the story says. Friends saw the notes, informed his mother (who presumably told the father) and they took away internet access completely (which would also mean no MySpace). I'm guessing the parents aren't real web-savvy and couldn't just block their browser from going to MySpace.
Guns weren't the problem, bad parenting (which none of us can really say was the case here since none of us know the kid or his parents) wasn't the problem. The problem was a ***** crazy kid who instead of admitting he had a problem and asking for help, decided to kill his father instead.
How people deal with their kids isn't a black and white issue. As a father myself, each situation is different, each child is different, and you can't apply a one-size-fits-all solution to every problem. However unless the child was being physically or emotionally abused (and no, taking away the internet does not constitute emotional abuse), he had no reason to do what he did and I hope he enjoys spending a lot of time bonding with his new roomate "Bubba" - doctorfungi, on 03/25/2008, -2/+11Blame the method rather than the cause...
- Klarth, on 03/25/2008, -1/+10I'm not sure the medium through which the kid communicated his feelings - Myspace - was a wise choice. Doing something like that results in people perceiving you as another one of those endlessly generic 'frustrated' teens, and I can understand why the father wouldn't have taken the threats seriously.
And besides, hey, look - he didn't go ahead with his plan in the end after all. He wanted attention. His father denied him his main route of getting that attention, so he took matters into his own hands. What an immature and selfish outcome. - freedomwv, on 03/25/2008, -7/+16This is a very complex case. Family matter can get real personal sometimes and even lead to someone getting killed. It is sad that it had to come to the father loosing his life. The child should be treated harshly in the eyes of the law. I still contend that a jury should decided what will happen to him. In family matters it is very important that the law does not have the final say. The people should have a change to take a look at all of the evidence and see what is best for this situation. Maybe the kid is just a monster and should get the chair for what he did. Maybe he is very disturbed young man who is better to be in a mental home for the majority of this life.
- CoolWind, on 03/25/2008, -1/+9Guns should be kept locked up anyway.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -4/+12After seeing your comment on the tornado story (National Geographic) and now on this, you have got to be, in all seriousness, the biggest idiot I've seen on Digg to date. Everything you post is either a totally overused saying or a movie quote. Then you have the gall to post something as mindless as 'BOOM HEADSHOT' on a story about a ***** up kid shooting his dad? You're an idiot, truly.
- Kisama, on 03/25/2008, -2/+10Couldn't he just go hang himself in a closet?
- HiKevinRose, on 03/25/2008, -5/+13The reality is that this kid clearly had some Daddy issues and his father didn't handle the situation properly. the internet is a luxury and people seem to forget that, kids especially. Losing a luxury hardly warrants moping about, let alone killing your *father*. That said, if your kid is posting suicide threats you shouldn't try to stop him from threatening suicide, it's not the threats that are the issue, it's his thought-process. The kid should have been allowed to keep posting and should have gone to some intense therapy. Then his posts could have been monitored and evaluated. I hate hearing about these stories; they're depressing and they add to the negative news about the internet.
- astrnomic, on 03/25/2008, -0/+7You're *glad* someone was killed?
I can't understand how someone can feel that way... - inactive, on 03/25/2008, -2/+9And euthanized.
- Beforedawn, on 03/25/2008, -5/+11poor kid ruined the rest of his life over a such a stupid thing
- DarKnight90, on 03/25/2008, -1/+7Stopping picking up for a murder you retards. If the kid wanted to kill himself he would of done just that, but he killed his father. He's a *****.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -0/+6The only thing this kid will ever be master of is taking some ***** in the ass.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -3/+9No I disagree, because a lot of people do stuff like this just for attention. They should learn that they don't deserve that attention or it can cause further problems down the line. A lack of good discipline is where the problem often is.
- redfox2600, on 03/25/2008, -4/+10"Schlicker told police his father had taken away his Internet access after seeing suicide threats the teen had posted on social networking Web site MySpace.com."
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 03/25/2008, -0/+6And he still won't have any internet access. I guess he really didn't think this through.
- inactive, on 03/25/2008, -0/+6MyCell. You have an Anal Entry Request!
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