Tis was a big story here at the time, Chris. And many young people all over the country rallied against bullying of this kiind (& alol kinds), so something good came of it.... Doug On 2012-07-01, at 1:18 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > On 01/07/12 16:27, chris Jones wrote: >> http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/17/blog-reveals-sad-final-weeks-before-gay-teens-suicide/ > > I must have post traumatic stress syndrome. When I read the below comment I began crying and have not been able to stop. The below comment is homophobia in itself. > > > > This guy obviously had no reason to kill himself, it illustrates that depression and self-harm is a stage of mental illness that we need to treat better, we need to learn more about it, so we can relieve the mental anguish that they cannot escape from. > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Why can’t words mean what they say? Robert Kroetsch