To feel sorry for the Australian DJs?

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Obviously more sorry for the nurse's family. I wonder how long she was having suicidal thoughts for? I can't think this could have been the only cause,

But these pranks have been going on for such a long time and those DJs could not have predicted such a result and are going to have to live with it for the rest of their lives.

It's such a tragedy and I feel very sad for all concerned.

Ok shelly let me throw this at you.

Would you still think it a funny prank if your mum was the nurse that had taken her life?

Would you?

Let me throw this back..would you leave your children over this 'shame'? I wouldn't.

I'm so sorry the nurse killed herself and left her children to suffer.

I'm sorry Shelley - but this really does read as though you lay some blame on the nurse for what she has left behind. I am hoping you didn't mean it to sound like that - but to me it does.

Thank you. I'm not a bad person.

I'm with the op.Silly prank went wrong. No ones fault. No one to blame - just tragic and regrettable

I really don't blame her. I just don't think anyone or anthing is worth taking your life over, esp if you have babies. It's something I really struggle with.. I guess my kittens are my life, my everything and nothing comes before them. I would imagine every Mama feels like that..

Kim Maybe you're right and I don't understand.
Everlong How am I a coward? Odd....

Kim147 I'm sorry X

"Let me throw this back..would you leave your children over this 'shame'? I wouldn't."

Shelly, read that again ^. Did you seriously think that, type it and mean it?

Words fail me.

"I would imagine every Mama feels like that.."

ANd when you are mentally ill (not saying the nurse was as I don't know) you don't think straight. God help you, shelly should you ever become mentally ill or anyone in your family does.

Shelly, I think you need to be reminded about a couple of important points about this 'prank'.

1. First and foremost THEY CALLED A HOSPITAL. So regardless of how ridiculous they were being or how likely it was they would get through to the Duchess or get information, they were WASTING THE TIME OF BUSY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS charged with looking after sick people.

What is your justification for this? Is this funny? Funny like prank calls to the emergency services, funny?

2. This wasn't a prank call. This was a stunt organised by a radio station that went through various procedures to decide if they were legally liable for something. Note this bit. They went to great effort to make sure that what they were doing wouldn't land them in legal trouble. So they were concerned about what they were doing and thought there was a serious side to this. People who were professionally trained, and had previously had experience of the poor handling of other issues surrounding media ethics and had been punished for it. We aren't talking about a few jokers here. We are talking about experienced broadcasters and lawyers. They were looking to profit either financially or through promotion - which generally isn't an aspect of a simple prank call.

3. Even when they got complaints before the death, they continued to laugh about it. Even though it was already obvious that the people involved were going to face some sort of repercussions; either through disciplinary action or trial by media. They still thought it was funny to laugh about it and call it the 'peak of their career'.

So yeah, if you want to carry on saying that people on this thread have a lack of a sense of humour I suggest you really really think about whats happened and what constitutes a prank and what clearly goes beyond the limits of professional behaviour and common decency without any regard for ethics for their own personal profit.

I say things without thinking sometimes. I have only my experience and don't always consider others' experiences. I just know from my experince (so far) that my girls are my all, my reason for being, as you probably did. I 'm sure the same thing goes for other peope but other things pull them in different directions. I can't begin to try to explain it as I can't begin to understand it; however I have suffered depression and know how low it can take you..just not been that low I guess

redtoothbrush you rock

I think some of you are directing your anger at the wrong person...Harsh and unfair ..

SHelly, you have no idea.

Be grateful.

Redtoothbrush And I bet you sing 'Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep'to your kids. Legislation and what you can legally do/can't do doesn't rock.

Shelly, I apologise for calling you a moron but I was offended by your first post (which was deleted so I was not the only one) some very good points have been raised tonight, I hope you have got over your depression and I know what you mean about our children being our reason for living.

I am justfabulous I was poorly, just wouldn't do that.

Somuchslimmernow It's cool. I know how het up it can get on here. I say some stupid things on here and I do in realife too, hence my small circle of friends. I 'll learn one day...

No one can understand the mind of a suicide victim. No one can truly know what is going on when they take the decision to end it and to leave behind loved ones.

I made a similar point on a different thread yesterday and got flamed - apparently lots of MN posters know exactly what caused this poor woman to take her life.

Several more, it seems, want someone somewhere to pay for this tragedy.

If none of us posting this evening can imagine a state of mind that would make it ok to kill ourselves and leave our little ones alone always wondering why, then I think we can assume that her state of mind must be, to we laymen, utterly unfathomable.

In which case, to pronounce this desperate act as the automatic consequence of what, on the surface, sounds like an innocuous cock-up (putting a call through without thinking it through), is nothing short of mind-reading.

I know from personal experience that those left behind after acts of suicide will always ask why.

The sad fact is that we will probably never know the whole treason she did it.

But is it fitting that one legacy of that tragic death is all these posters heaping spite and judgement on complete strangers?