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You're a good man Christopher.
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On 2013-09-24 15:25, Christopher Lyle wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 11:22, silvercup wrote:
Butt out of the kid's business. He's not much different than any other kid.


Well I do agree after speaking to his parents about it that this is an example of common teenage angst. He and his parents had a fight so he made this post. However , at the time, I had no idea what I was butting into, or if I was at all. Clinton posted the translation which did raise some red flags. I'm a close personal friend of this kids family and felt the need to address this with them.

In today's world, you just never know. Perhaps if more people were proactive and didn't simply "butt out!" then their would be less children feeling that suicide is the only way to turn.

Now granted, that is NOT what is going in here, but my initial concern was.




The problem was in your head so you butted in. Got it.
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I'm a close personal friend of this kids family and felt the need to address this with them.

Of course he should have said something!
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On 2013-09-24 15:25, Christopher Lyle wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 11:22, silvercup wrote:
Butt out of the kid's business. He's not much different than any other kid.


Well I do agree after speaking to his parents about it that this is an example of common teenage angst. He and his parents had a fight so he made this post. However , at the time, I had no idea what I was butting into, or if I was at all. Clinton posted the translation which did raise some red flags. I'm a close personal friend of this kids family and felt the need to address this with them.

In today's world, you just never know. Perhaps if more people were proactive and didn't simply "butt out!" then their would be less children feeling that suicide is the only way to turn.

Now granted, that is NOT what is going in here, but my initial concern was.




All joking aside.

Good that it turned out okay. Smile
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On 2013-09-24 14:57, Magnus Eisengrim wrote:
Oh my.
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But parents are and should be the main contact here. Parents almost always care deeply for their children, and they very often are not aware of psychological trouble. Alerting them may allow this...

to get much worse.

try this instead: "hi, saw your message in hex code - would you like to discuss something?"
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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When I made my earlier post, the OP had only stated, "This is a young man in my area. I have contacted his parents and made them aware of this."

The fact that he was close personal friends with the family wasn't mentioned at that point.
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On 2013-09-24 17:16, mastermindreader wrote:
The fact that he was close personal friends with the family wasn't mentioned at that point.

A master mindreader would have divined it, I fancy.
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On 2013-09-24 15:48, silvercup wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 15:25, Christopher Lyle wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 11:22, silvercup wrote:
Butt out of the kid's business. He's not much different than any other kid.


Well I do agree after speaking to his parents about it that this is an example of common teenage angst. He and his parents had a fight so he made this post. However , at the time, I had no idea what I was butting into, or if I was at all. Clinton posted the translation which did raise some red flags. I'm a close personal friend of this kids family and felt the need to address this with them.

In today's world, you just never know. Perhaps if more people were proactive and didn't simply "butt out!" then their would be less children feeling that suicide is the only way to turn.

Now granted, that is NOT what is going in here, but my initial concern was.




The problem was in your head so you butted in. Got it.




What the hell is your problem? I'm a close friend to the family and I noticed something peculiar with their child. I did nothing wrong in contacting the parents...
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On 2013-09-24 17:16, mastermindreader wrote:
The fact that he was close personal friends with the family wasn't mentioned at that point.

A master mindreader would have divined it, I fancy.


A mind reader doesn't divine, he simply reads minds. It doesn't work over the Internet though. Smile
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On 2013-09-24 23:24, S2000magician wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 17:16, mastermindreader wrote:
The fact that he was close personal friends with the family wasn't mentioned at that point.

A master mindreader would have divined it, I fancy.

A mind reader doesn't divine, he simply reads minds. It doesn't work over the Internet though. Smile

We need to do something about that.
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On 2013-09-25 00:06, Christopher Lyle wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 15:48, silvercup wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 15:25, Christopher Lyle wrote:
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On 2013-09-24 11:22, silvercup wrote:
Butt out of the kid's business. He's not much different than any other kid.


Well I do agree after speaking to his parents about it that this is an example of common teenage angst. He and his parents had a fight so he made this post. However , at the time, I had no idea what I was butting into, or if I was at all. Clinton posted the translation which did raise some red flags. I'm a close personal friend of this kids family and felt the need to address this with them.

In today's world, you just never know. Perhaps if more people were proactive and didn't simply "butt out!" then their would be less children feeling that suicide is the only way to turn.

Now granted, that is NOT what is going in here, but my initial concern was.




The problem was in your head so you butted in. Got it.




What the hell is your problem? I'm a close friend to the family and I noticed something peculiar with their child. I did nothing wrong in contacting the parents...


No problems here Chris. I spoke the truth. The problem was in your head, and you butted in.
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Christopher. Don't listen to Silvercup. You know from your time on the Café there's always somebody that's going to pee in the punch.

My freshman year in college a kid in my dorm jumped out the windows; seven floors down. Super bright kid, had just won a prestigious engineering award. Nobody suspected anything. Afterward the found cryptic messages and notes in his stuff. Perhaps if somebody took the the time to intervene with him or his parents, he'd still be alive today.

You could have very well saved this young mans life. You definitely reaffirmed your commitment to being a friend. Nobody can degrade that nor take it away.

You are a good man. Cheers
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Imgic Chris himself admitted there was nothing there. He didn't save anyone's life nor very well could have. IMHO there are too many people in other peoples business these days.
I have a friend who in order to keep his kids has to attend a whole mess of "helpful" programs simply because someone made totally false accusations about him. No one in the government agency took the time to investigate they simply acted because someone said something. It's not at all helpful and in fact is screwing up the family.
Long story short people should mind their own business.
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Thanks Christopher. As a parent, I would appreciate someone caring enough to inform me. I might not want to hear it or believe it at the time, but I would appreciate it.

I have a couple of friend and family members whose kids almost died because everyone "minded their own business"...
Things are more like they are today than they've ever been before...
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Well the only reasonable thing to do then is for everyone to go and stick their nose in everyone's business because that will no doubt save lives.
Let's start with the Federal Government and work our way down.

Wait that's already been done. Better start with your friends and neighbors.
Snoop into their business and see how you can better them...oh and save lives.
Don't forget the saved lives. Lives have to be saved you know.
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I thought the definition of friend was someone who butts into your business caringly and vice-versa. Your mileage may vary.
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