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Originally Posted by Despare
How did he see it? You don't understand the question?
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I understand the question, but you dont understand the answer.
It was on the news, on the TV. You know like when you're watching TV, and the news is on so you decide to see whats been happening in the world. They report the Saddam execution and show the bit of footage where they were putting the noose around his neck. (Shown daytime).
So the kids in the room watching TV too. Light bounces off the TV, and into the eye of the child and the picture is sent via the optic nerve to his brain, where he processes the image. With me? :p
I would let my 10 year old watch the news, I wouldnt want him to grow up not knowing anything about the world, sheltering them from everything and expecting them to do okay for themselves once I'm gone, would you?
The TV is inanimate, but it shows footage of real things and real people. The kid was feeling upset apparently, and I agree to an extent that "playing" with a noose at the age of 10 is quite stupid, very stupid in fact. So lets go with the idea that actually he was trying to kill himself (bit far fetched for a 10 year old, but its one explanation), if that was the case the TV gave him the idea of using a noose.
Therefore its the TV's fault. I doubt at the age of 10 his school would be teaching about hangings, and tying nooses, only the TV could of shown him that. The FACT of the matter is, if he hadnt of seen a noose going around Saddams neck, he wouldnt of done the exact same thing to himself. Maybe he would have drunk a bottle of bleach? Who knows.
Anyway, R.I.P and condolences to the family...