Teens Finding Stupid Ways to DieJerz’s Literacy Weblog)
I’ve come across several recent examples of “It’s fun until someone gets killed.” It’s bad enough when a young person dies, but when the family has to grieve over such stupid reasons… ouch, that hurts. My heart goes out to these families.
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