Summary: A 42-year old woman, Simone Back, posted as her Facebook status that she was about to kill herself. The status read, "Took all my pills be dead soon bye bye everyone", and her "friends" on Facebook made comments like, "liar" "she OD's all the time" and that the overdose was "her choice". Not one person came to her rescue, but close friends did request her address or phone number to help her. Her mother finally found her hours after the post on the Internet, and police came for the body at 4 PM on December 26th. Back was declared dead an hour later.
Response: The fact that human beings can be so rude about something as serious as this is terrible and horrifying. A woman made a post about killing herself, and all others did was poke fun at her and mock her. On the other hand, why did Back post it on the Internet anyway? If she was serious about this, she wouldn't have made a post, which can be viewed as a cry for attention. She also seems to do this a lot-- one of the comments says she takes pills and OD's all the time. However, what the Facebook "friends" did was wrong, and they should apologize to Back's mother and really think before they speak.
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