[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Livia

Well, as with all pranks and practical jokes, it depends on how it is received by the person having the prank played on them, surely. And saying the woman probably would have ended her life sooner or later is pure conjecture on your part. Perhaps she had other stuff going on, or perhaps not. You don't know any more about her state of mind than I do. Fact is this prank pushed her over the edge.

This story is still a story because a woman is dead for some cheap laughs. I think that is reason enough why it is a major news story. Of course, if you don't think it's worth discussing because it's a non-event, don't discuss it.

No I still want to discuss it, its just that in my view it is pretty much two separate stories both not particularly newsworthy, connecting to produce this worldwide front page story.

Prank calls are not new and neither are people committing suicide, however the unfortunate timing makes this an unusual story, one in which I cannot believe these radio presenters could possibly have thought this type of tragedy would result from a phone call and as such there must be a limit to the amount of public remorse they are expected to show.

Prank calls do not usually result in someones death , this could never have been anticipated and as such I think the two presenters who will have to live with this for the rest of their lives should exit stage left and the family of the woman should be left to grieve in peace.