As I saw that the old one is over 2 months old, I started this thread to avoid necroposting. I'm sure you've heard of Amanda Todd and such, and as much as I don't want to talk about it, I got a lot on my mind about life in general.

People can jump on the bandwagons when it comes to suicide, like Amanda Todd and that other girl that jumped in front of a train. It wasn't until it was pointed out to me that I realized people encourage suicide when they start caring AFTER somebody dies. "Don't kill yourself! But if you do, that's when we'll care about you. We'll defend you on Facebook and Twitter, even though we did nothing to stop you." I thought about this a lot and it just gets on my nerves. Lives come and go, but what's worse is when hypocrites do nothing to prevent suicide in their community and only seem to care verbally. I know what it means to be picked on and during those days I thought about killing myself. I even lost a friend to suicide. I feel that if people cared as much for others as they seemingly did for these bandwagons, the suicide rate would probably go down.

What do you guys think? It's obvious that respect for the dead is called for, but to what extent? If we ignored what a person did during their lives, people like Hitler would be revered today. It really bothers me to what extent the hypocrisy of mankind can extend to.