anonymous; text (link contains details of the murder of a teenager)

[justforyou]

Was looking through the news sites recently and found this article.

Some guy is going around killing teenagers. Can't say I really blame the killer that much, though. Most kids that age are annoying brats. They can't understand anything.

So what if this guy is a 'serial killer' or something? They can't even prove the same person did it, right? So getting all up in arms about it seems kind of pointless to me. You guys agree, right?

((The link goes to a google doc with a fake news article. IC-ly the link is to a news site.))

Comments

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[selene]

[ Usagi can't even text for this. Her jaw drops open when she reads that message. No way, people dying like that.. as if she could agree with brushing that aside. ]

No way, it's not pointless at all..! It's cruel that something like that is happening, super cruel! They should find out what's happening for sure so not more people will have to die!

anon; text

[justforyou]

We don't even know if it's connected or not...but people are killed all the time. It's not that unusual.

[selene]

Even if it happens all the time, it doesn't mean it's right! If there's one life taken, then that means one life could have been protected and so that person could have lived on, except it never happened..

That's why I want to make sure everyone is protected. That no one has to die so early.

anon; text

[justforyou]

You can't just protect everyone. You need to decide who's more important.

[selene]

To me.. everyone is important. Nobody deserves to be left alone, left behind or get hurt.. and especially not die! Every life is important..!

anon; text

[justforyou]

The life of the person you love or a complete stranger... What is more important?

[selene]

.. Ehehe, I guess I can't lie, of course the life of someone you love is going to be the most important thing, right?

But then I start thinking about it. And then I realise that that stranger must have a lot of loved ones too. Can you imagine how sad all those people would be if that stranger suddenly died..? That's why there's no way I can just let all that sadness happen if I can help it.

anon; text

[justforyou]

That's right... That's why they died. They weren't the person the killer loved. They were just in the way.

Their loved ones or mine. I'd choose mine. That's why. They weren't anything to me.

[selene]

E.. eh? [ They weren't anything.. to me? That makes it sound a little personal, even if she of course doesn't know who the anon is. ]

Don't tell me you're the person who killed them..!

anon; text

[justforyou]

Ah... I guess I let it slip. You're right. It's me.

[selene]

No way, why would a person like that be on the community?! [ Not like there's bad things on her that often, after all - or at least, not posted by the people who caused said bad things. ]

Why are you hurting people..?!

anon; text

[justforyou]

They were in my way. Besides, like I said..they would have died anyway by someone else's hand.

Might as well be me.

[selene]

Thinking that way isn't right! I just said too that nobody deserves to die, right..? S.. so ending someone's life isn't good, it's no good at all! God wouldn't forgive you for something like that, you know..? S.. so.. please better your life instead.

anon; text

[justforyou]

...Why are you like this? A person like me can't be as good as someone like you.

[selene]

[ Huh? They're.. almost regretful, or.. no, maybe that's not the good word. But when she reads the line, it's almost like she realises it. No matter what they did, the person on the other side isn't entirely cruel. They can't be if they said something like that.

It's nice. It gives her a little bit more hope. ]

Why can't you? There's nothing bad about changing your way now, you know. Sure, what happened is horrible, but.. you can still change. That's what is important.

anon; text

[justforyou]

I just can't care about the majority of people. I just can't. That's the difference between us.

[selene]

But even if you don't care about them, that doesn't mean you have to kill them, you know..? If you don't care about people, then that's a little sad, but.. it's still fine, it means you can just leave them alone.

anon; text

[justforyou]

That's not how the world works, though.

[selene]

Of course it's how the world works! There's plenty of people who don't care about each other but still leave each other alone every day!

text; anon

[justforyou]

They're dangerous!

[selene]

Dangerous? Since you think they're going to hurt the person you care about..?

anon; text

[justforyou]

Yeah, that's exactly it.

[selene]

Even so.. there should be another way to resolve it. Maybe you could talk to those people and convince them otherwise.. killing is never a solution, you know.

It only makes people sad..

anon; text

[justforyou]

I can't agree with you.

It's not personal.

[selene]

I'm just trying to say what's best for you too, anon-san! R.. really, continuing like this is only going to hurt a lot of people, including you!