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Old 10-24-2001, 02:12 PM   #1
Kaz
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Join Date: August 16, 2001
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All right, first off, no flaming and no flame-baiting. I'm hoping this isn't a touchy subject...

My question is this: Everything should be covered in media and nothing should be left out, right? Well, aren't there things where it is BETTER that not everyone knows about them?
Example: In Munich, people who suicided often threw themselves in front of subways. Every single one of these occurences was posted in TV and in the newspapers. Shortly after that, the suicide-by-throwing-yourself-in-front-of-subway rate rose drastically. The local media and the police discussed this and decided that from now on, suicides like these would only be a tiny article at the back of the newspaper, if they were published at all. After this step, suicides by throwing yourself in front of subway decreased by half.
I repost my question: Should everything be discussed in the media, or should some things be left out? Opinions please!

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