The Internet, for good or bad, is a part of our everyday lives.  People have found many ways to leverage the power of the Internet and today I wish we would kind of slow down with our internet usage.  For one family in Florida, the Internet increased a pain they will never recover from.

Abraham Briggs, a 19-year-old Broward College student, first declared on a Web site that he hated himself and planned to die.  12 hours later it happened.

All of this was recorded, via web cam, on Justin.tv and the many people watching thought it was a joke or at least wasn’t legit.  The feed was live when Briggs took some pills and went to sleep – for the final time.

I know the people watching didn’t think the suicide was totally legit and/or they didn’t know what to do to help.  If every Internet prank was considered real the Internet would probably come to a grinding halt.  I also know people who commit suicide don’t always give clear signs of their intent.

So what do we do?  I don’t know if there is anything that can be done except to learn from this.  I feel sorry for the family and more importantly I feel sorry for Briggs.  Suicide is a sin that cannot be forgiven, a crime who’s debt cannot be repaid.

What do you think about this unfortunate incident?