{"id":5645,"date":"2007-04-30T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=908"},"modified":"2007-04-30T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T09:41:00","slug":"on-inspiring-suicide-and-smashing-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/on-inspiring-suicide-and-smashing-tvs\/","title":{"rendered":"On inspiring suicide and smashing TVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Adams writes<\/a>, “Every time the media makes a big deal about a high profile suicide there’s a 100% chance it inspires additional suicide.”<\/p>\n

So what to do, stop reporting suicides, or ban songs and movies that inspire people to kill themselves or commit violent acts? I would argue not. We have to treat people as being responsible for their own actions, and not try to second-guess what will inspire them to do this or that. <\/p>\n

Mandira Bedi and Charu Sharma’s pretence at being knowledgeable about cricket makes me want to go and smash every TV in Mumbai. Banning Extraaa Innings is no solution to that. Punishing me if I actually damage someone else’s TV is. As this commenter<\/a> points out, it’s all about personal responsibility.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Gautam John<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Adams writes<\/a>, “Every time the media makes a big deal about a high profile suicide there’s a 100% chance it inspires additional suicide.”<\/p>\n

So what to do, stop reporting suicides, or ban songs and movies that inspire people to kill themselves or commit violent acts? I would argue not. We have to treat people as being responsible for their own actions, and not try to second-guess what will inspire them to do this or that. Mandira Bedi and Charu Sharma’s pretence at being knowledgeable about cricket makes me want to go and smash every TV in Mumbai. Banning Extraaa Innings is no solution to that. Punishing me if I actually damage someone else’s TV is. As this commenter<\/a> points out, it’s all about personal responsibility.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Gautam John<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,32],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn inspiring suicide and smashing TVs - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/on-inspiring-suicide-and-smashing-tvs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On inspiring suicide and smashing TVs - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scott Adams writes, “Every time the media makes a big deal about a high profile suicide there’s a 100% chance it inspires additional suicide.” So what to do, stop reporting suicides, or ban songs and movies that inspire people to kill themselves or commit violent acts? 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