MPs fight internet suicide predators

When I first saw this head line I thought to myself, there are people actually out there who would push someone to commit suicide. And I am not talking about bullying over the internet someone actually telling a person, yes by ending your life is pretty much the best thing for you. I couldn’t believe my eyes after reading this story about Nadia Kajouji who committed suicide in March 2008. As the investigation unravelled its self to police, they found that her suicide may have had something to do with a 47 year old male nurse from Minnesota, who was posing as a 28 year old women online. Here is a girl from Ontario who attended Carleton university getting advice from a person in another country. The internet connects spaces and places very easily as we all know, however never did I think that they would need to come out with a Law about aiding or abetting (which was not clearly defined in the article) about encouraging someone to commit suicide, threw online chat. The internet has provided us with many beneficial things, from easy research, to staying in touch with people around the world. However the internet still seems to bestow some sort of fear (mostly on parents in my opinion) as you can always control what you child will be able to view or who they are talking to are actually who they say they are. We have all heard about online bullying, however this is usually done by someone who knows the person, they just use the internet to bully as it is a much easier way and a way where they think they and maybe feel they aren’t really bullying. But to know that a complete stranger can encourage someone who they have never met to commit suicide there must be something done about this. This always seems to be the case that someone has to die or something tragic needs to happen in order for laws and rules to be regulated. Maybe this law was never created until now because they never thought that such things could occur, without bullying or other forms of abuse taking place.
“Section 241 of the Canadian Criminal Code says "everyone who - counsels a person to commit suicide, or aids or abets a person to commit suicide, whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years." ( CBC local news)


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