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In reply to the discussion: Tragedy As Receptionist Who Connected Kate Middleton Prank Callers Commits Suicide [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)85. Yes, things we don't know about yet.
There seems to have been suicides around town where the suicidee had crossed the line around very powerful people. Seems too suspicious to me.
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kpete
Dec 2012
OP
She was not a receptionist - "Jasinther was a first class nurse " according to your post
SugarShack
Dec 2012
#77
Woo! Very first response is to shift responsibility away from the prank callers. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#106
Stuff like this makes me glad the radio station I listen to has hosts with some scruples
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#113
One also has a choice when it comes to lyrics. This was an un-asked for assault upon this lady & her
patrice
Dec 2012
#28
Using social engineering to hack someone's medical information is not a prank. - n/t
BrightKnight
Dec 2012
#143
You're absolutely right. When I was a kid, a neighbor had a stroke after getting
pacalo
Dec 2012
#26
Yes, I hear you. All for the lulz, no consequences. There are so many varieties of people, it's best
freshwest
Dec 2012
#41
True, but you can't leave what's at home. Back then, people didn't turn their ringers off or have VM
freshwest
Dec 2012
#124
The nurse getting the call transferred would assume protocol had been followed
kickysnana
Dec 2012
#31
Not to mention potentially losing your professional reputation, meaning no job.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#118
not to mention that medical privacy breaches are grounds for being escorted off the job
magical thyme
Dec 2012
#125
Absolutely. Any suggestion that the pranksters "caused" this woman's death are way off the mark.
MADem
Dec 2012
#51
Or, y'know, the inevitable harassment after the Internet found out about something like that.
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#112
Well said. Scrap the royal family. If need be, have figureheads that are elected for short periods
Democratopia
Dec 2012
#57
Being publicly humiliated in front of a global audience is hard for some people to take.
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#107
the suicide was over a destroyed career along with the public humiliation
magical thyme
Dec 2012
#126
This particular radio station has done other cruel things in the past, though.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#30
and Sean Hannity called Daschle & his wife the devil and then he got 'thraxed
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#37
Which bit doesn't make sense to you? How do you KNOW for a fact what happened or not?
Democratopia
Dec 2012
#99
The same way I know ghosts from Kolob didn't appear on Earth and kill her. (nt)
jeff47
Dec 2012
#100
This blame should be on the HS's and O&A's who do these stupid things and popularized it
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#34
Sad, but life would be as boring as hell if we banned all pranks and jokes at people's expense,
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#43
I imagine there are indeed people who would be bored if we no longer ridiculed others
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#96
If the hospital was "supporting her through this difficult time" , which they were ,
dipsydoodle
Dec 2012
#56
Maybe she knew something she shouldn't.......Dr David Kelly, Princess Di spring to mind.........
Democratopia
Dec 2012
#58
There are things found at the scene that could have made it obvious this death were not due
LisaL
Dec 2012
#84
Clearly they would not call it suicide if there was not some compelling reason to think that.
Chemisse
Dec 2012
#140
Maybe she was embarrassed because her mistake would/was national news and the hospital may have
Auntie Bush
Dec 2012
#68
Plenty of otherwise healthy people have killed themselves in jail cells over stupid minor arrests.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#101
Very sad, a family broken, 2 kids with no mom, 2 egotistical bastards stroking themselves - ouch.
toby jo
Dec 2012
#104
Yes we're all wired differently, but most of us wouldn't have killed ourselves over this.
DaniDubois
Dec 2012
#121
Lawsuits get filed across borders all the time. Beyond that, don't know the specific laws.
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#128
I'm sorry she killed herself but I don't think a stupid joke was worth taking her life over. N/T
BlueStater
Dec 2012
#134
Call was recorded, and approved by station management and lawyers before broadcast
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#137