>
> >>>>>> On 10/1/10, nominal9 <
nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> I think the issue here is that someone shot and distributed the
> >>>>>>> images
> >>>>>>> against the suicide victim's will....
> >>>>>>> Plus, the victim was relatively young... eighteen....Gay or not....
> >>>>>>> that's a lot for a young person to handle.....
> >>>>>>> nominal9
>
> >>>>>>> On Oct 1, 12:09 pm, Mark <
markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> > *Just exactly what was he ashamed of ??? Being gay ?? How do you
> >>>>>>> know ??
> >>>>>>> > He's certainly not talking.*
> >>>>>>> > *
> >>>>>>> > *
> >>>>>>> > *Further, if one is going to do or be involved in something that
> >>>>>>> they find
> >>>>>>> > THAT shameful maybe they should rethink their own position first
> >>>>>>> rather than
> >>>>>>> > legislate an entire populace for a personal error.*
>
> >>>>>>> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Tommy News <
tommysn...@gmail.com>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>> > > *Your twisted pretzel logic is, as usual, illogical.*
> >>>>>>> > > **
> >>>>>>> > > *This talented young man would still be alive if it were not for
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> > > horrible shame he felt after this secret video was posted on the
> >>>>>>> internet by
> >>>>>>> > > his straight roomate.*
>
> >>>>>>> > > On 10/1/10, dick thompson <
rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> > >> I guess every time a gay guy comits suicide it is always a
> >>>>>>> societal
> >>>>>>> > >> homophobia, never anything else. And every time anyone kids a
> >>>>>>> gay guy then
> >>>>>>> > >> it is homophobia, never anything else. The people who filmed
> >>>>>>> him should
> >>>>>>> > >> pay for this big time but your thoughts on exactly why he took
> >>>>>>> his own life
> >>>>>>> > >> are open to question. People do things for reasons other than
> >>>>>>> homophobia,
> >>>>>>> > >> you know. The world does not revolve for the reasons you think
> >>>>>>> it does and
> >>>>>>> > >> the world does not sit there waiting for Tommy News do determine
> >>>>>>> if it was
> >>>>>>> > >> homophobia or not. You seem to think that if a gay guy does
> >>>>>>> not get a job
> >>>>>>> > >> he applied for it has to be because of homophobia, not that
> >>>>>>> someone better
> >>>>>>> > >> applied also.
>
> >>>>>>> > >> On 10/01/2010 11:19 AM, Tommy News wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> > >> *Do you think Tyler Clementi would have taken his own life if
> >>>>>>> he had
> >>>>>>> > >> been filmed in a private romantic encounter with a girl?*
> >>>>>>> > >> *Think about why he took his life, why he did it. *
> >>>>>>> > >> * In addition, Think about why his straight roommate secretly
> >>>>>>> filmed the
> >>>>>>> > >> encounter and broadcast it on the Internet.
> >>>>>>> > >> *
> >>>>>>> > >> *The problem is societal homophobia, which causes deep shame,
> >>>>>>> ridicule,
> >>>>>>> > >> harm, and persecution of gays.*
>
> >>>>>>> > >> *Think, I know you can!*
>
> >>>>>>> > >> On 10/1/10, THE ANNOINTED ONE <
markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> Tommy,
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> One may first want to ask exactly what was so embarrassing and
> >>>>>>> > >>> repugnant on the tape that the young man was willing to take
> >>>>>>> his own
> >>>>>>> > >>> life and why it was so to him.
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> That which made him jump came from within his own mind.
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> Since when is it governments job to legislate fortitude and
> >>>>>>> love of
> >>>>>>> > >>> ones self ???
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, Tommy News <
tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> > >>> > *Take Action: Send A No More Suicides Letter to President
> >>>>>>> Obama and
> >>>>>>> > >>> Congress
> >>>>>>> > >>> > *
> >>>>>>> > >>> > *Tell them to introduce and pass The American Equality Bill,
> >>>>>>> to amend
> >>>>>>> > >>> the
> >>>>>>> > >>> > Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and
> >>>>>>> gender
> >>>>>>> > >>> identity.*
> >>>>>>> > >>> > **
> >>>>>>> > >>> > <
>
> >>>>>>>
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/suicide-and-the-internet/ >
> >>>>>>> > >>> > Tyler Clementi Jumped off the George Washington Bridge in New
> >>>>>>> York
> >>>>>>> > >>> after his
> >>>>>>> > >>> > same-sex romantic encounter was secretly filmed and posted on
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> > >>> internet
> >>>>>>> > >>> > by his college roomate. At least three other youths have
> >>>>>>> killed
> >>>>>>> > >>> themselves
> >>>>>>> > >>> > due to homophobic bullying. Stop The Hate!
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> > From our friend Tif:
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> > -- THE LETTER BELOW WAS WRITTEN by Jonathan W, of Brooklyn,
> >>>>>>> NY and
> >>>>>>> > >>> really
> >>>>>>> > >>> > captures the heart of the matter it seems.
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> > Please SEND IT as a comment to the White House at:
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> >
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact> >>>>>>> > >>> > ...
> >>>>>>> > >>> > And LET THEM HEAR US SAY:
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> > *** Mr. President PLEASE SPEAK OUT LOUDLY about homophobia,
> >>>>>>> school
> >>>>>>> > >>> bullying
> >>>>>>> > >>> > and equal civil rights for LGBTQ people -- no more suicide
> >>>>>>> letters. ***
>
> >>>>>>> > >>> > To President Obama,
> >>>>>>> > >>> > All of us are horrified by the tragedy of Tyler Clementi, the
> >>>>>>> young man
> >>>>>>> > >>> who
> >>>>>>> > >>> > committed suicide after his sexual encounter with another man
> >>>>>>> was
> >>>>>>> > >>> posted on
> >>>>>>> > >>> > the internet. We share anger and disgust at the 2 students
> >>>>>>> accused of
> >>>>>>> > >>> this
> >>>>>>> > >>> > despicable act. But if our outrage stops there, we will be
> >>>>>>> doing a
> >>>>>>> > >>> grave
> >>>>>>> > >>> > disservice to the millions of young gay men and women in this
> >>>>>>> country
> >>>>>>> > >>> who
> >>>>>>> > >>> > live with shame and fear everyday and who have a 4 times
> >>>>>>> greater risk
> >>>>>>> > >>> of
> >>>>>>> > >>> > suicide than their straight counterparts.
> >>>>>>> > >>> > Most people would be embarrassed and angered at having their
> >>>>>>> private
> >>>>>>> > >>> sexual
> >>>>>>> > >>> > acts secretly recorded and posted on the internet, but it
> >>>>>>> seems
> >>>>>>> > >>> unlikely
> >>>>>>> > >>> > that Mr. Clementi would have been driven to suicide if this
> >>>>>>> had been a
> >>>>>>> > >>> > heterosexual encounter. A young heterosexual man would not
>