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This was shared by professor Alec Couros on Twitter this morning.  skim through the comments and see how many people are responding to help this person have a virtual world tour before they pass.  It's certainly interesting to observe. Of course, you never know if this is a truthful post, but it's interesting to see how it is handled by online society.

And an interesting response to it all. https://img.skitch.com/20110306-njsrk6k5wk8kjesmsf87hc8s6.jpg

Hmmm..rather disturbing. I think committing suicide is a violation of everything I value about humanity and life. Yet, I can only imagine some of the horrors this person has gone through and must go through to die. My son made his decision and I can never know if he regretted it at the tender age of 19. I am not certain why some of us have to suffer as this person is. I can not say what my choice would be, if it were me and it easily could be. But I do believ,e if there is a God, somehow there would or should be a purpose to the suffering.

My friend Chris Lott shared this with me to pair with the reddit illness posting.  Important stuff to know when you're dealing with online communities.

I think it was Barnum and Bailey that said, "...there is a sucker born every minute." However, history disputes this quote and states it was said by a competitor of P.T. Barnum .http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html

If you're not already familiar with this, you may want to search for some articles about it. Andy Carvin, from NPR, has been collecting and redistributing "tweets" of people involved in important world protests and revolutions right now. He also sends tweets asking for translations of video and audio that aren't in English. People translate and send them back to him. It's really quite incredible. He's also just a nice guy. He's sacrificing a lot of his personal time to do this. Occasionally he posts about his family and other things he's doing.

Interesting...

There are conversations going on all over about the video of the bullying victim who fought back. It's also interesting to read the comments on this interview.

My husband went to Curtis High and was bullied all through grade school and finally through high school. He was the poor kid in a school of rich kids. When he went to the US Air Force, the bullying continued. He happened to make friends with a US Army/Delta sargeant. One night when they were out together in a bar, they ( other military men in the bar) started taunting my husband. These men were airmen not children. The sargeant interceded and told them that one day Curt would snap and to back off. He spent most of his school years locked in the the attic of his house, by his own choice, working on tapes and listening to music. This is why today he is a great sound man and band manager. The US AIr Force gave him confidence and the bullying drove him to music. Although he is slender and wiry...He is strong as an ox! While working in two state prisons as a corrections officer I found, the men the hardest to take down when filled with adrenaline, were the small and wiry people. So bullies of the world beware! Loved the video Jen.