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Originally Posted by fotze
Why bother using a classmate as the hoax, why not say their parents and family are dead, why is that over the line?
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A dead parent doesn't reach the entire class... a dead classmate, in theory at least, does.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know if I approve of that type of messaging, especilly when your essentially dealing with kids.
This sounds an awful lot like the Hellhouse Scenario that an avangilical church used to shock kids away from drugs and homosexuality.
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That's the thing though... kids sometimes need a hard lesson. It wasn't until my brother's teammate died drunk driving before he quit... Kids think it can't happen to them. They're invincible. I mean really... I know everyone here says they don't drink and drive, but let's be honest. You do. (I don't drive at all so no, I don't.) Even after hearing that someone you loved or knew died in a drunk driving accident, even after all the stories in the papers, etc, you STILL do it. (Not all of you, but to those who do... well they probably aren't reading this anyways, so I'm wasting my keystrokes.) Anyway, my point is that regardless of the fact that this is pounded into our brains, we don't listen. The majority of us don't listen until something bad happens to someone we love. Well, this is a way for that to happen, without it actually happening. I have no problem with this tactic.