Comments on: Bridgend Watch: A Look At The Cult Of Suicides In The Media http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Viggo http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-254108 Viggo Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:19:32 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-254108 I also live in Bridgend. There are many similar towns to it. In fact I used to live in a worse area and was glad to move to Bridgend to get away from it. You can crack a joke about it but deep down I think you realise this could happen anywhere that has little for teenagers to do other than hang around on the streets. About five years ago I would walk through the town centre and there would be a couple of homeless men with dogs, friendly enough to approach and give money to. Now there are young drug users sitting on the pavements. This is one of the main problems. I do think it very strange that a young girl should choose the method of hanging herself in a wood, also that another girl should hang herself after seeing her cousin suffer before death in the same way. Although some are obvious suicides - others look quite suspicious in this community. I also live in Bridgend. There are many similar towns to it. In fact I used to live in a worse area and was glad to move to Bridgend to get away from it.
You can crack a joke about it but deep down I think you realise this could happen anywhere that has little for teenagers to do other than hang around on the streets.
About five years ago I would walk through the town centre and there would be a couple of homeless men with dogs, friendly enough to approach and give money to.
Now there are young drug users sitting on the pavements.
This is one of the main problems.
I do think it very strange that a young girl should choose the method of hanging herself in a wood, also that another girl should hang herself after seeing her cousin suffer before death in the same way.
Although some are obvious suicides - others look quite suspicious in this community.

]]> By: kelly http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-232679 kelly Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:58:54 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-232679 The deaths around the bridgend area have left a huge impact on the family and friends of the teenagers. As a friend of one of the victims, it's going to be hard moving on, but we have to go on for the living, and hold onto the memories. They'll last a lifetime. Something needs to be done about this, i think we all hope it's soon. x The deaths around the bridgend area have left a huge impact on the family and friends of the teenagers. As a friend of one of the victims, it’s going to be hard moving on, but we have to go on for the living, and hold onto the memories. They’ll last a lifetime.
Something needs to be done about this, i think we all hope it’s soon.
x

]]> By: gillyflower http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231905 gillyflower Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:02:45 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231905 June No - we're ok. I only know one Julian, and he had other tendencies. Nice boy though. Have to agree with Clartmaster. Bridgend is not as it has been painted in the press. And like all welsh people I do wish the media would stop picking on the "bad elements", we have a lot of very intelligent people here, good businesses and beautiful countryside. This is tho' very very tragic. June

No - we’re ok. I only know one Julian, and he had other tendencies. Nice boy though.

Have to agree with Clartmaster. Bridgend is not as it has been painted in the press. And like all welsh people I do wish the media would stop picking on the “bad elements”, we have a lot of very intelligent people here, good businesses and beautiful countryside.

This is tho’ very very tragic.

]]> By: JuneJohnson http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231764 JuneJohnson Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:04:07 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231764 Strangely, he didn't, Gilly flower (now and then a girl needed a break, and a more constant swain in attendance) but he was called Julian ( I think) vintage 1968, again I think, may have been the year before, or after. (I was into the J's for some reason then) Strangely, he didn’t, Gilly flower (now and then a girl needed a break, and a more constant swain in attendance) but he was called Julian ( I think) vintage 1968, again I think, may have been the year before, or after.

(I was into the J’s for some reason then)

]]> By: gillyflower http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231691 gillyflower Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:22 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231691 # 8 JuneJohnson Says: February 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am I agree with Carmen, its Bridgend, its awful, but there is a road out. I used to go out with someone from Bridgend in the dim and distant. D’you know even the trains heave a sigh of relief pulling out of the station. Seriously though, its very sad, but are teenage suicides heavier there than elsewhere? Or just more public? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We really do need to compare black books June. Did he play rugby? Oh my god ... we could be related.... I think these are just more public, but terribly, terribly tragic. #
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JuneJohnson Says:
February 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am

I agree with Carmen, its Bridgend, its awful, but there is a road out.
I used to go out with someone from Bridgend in the dim and distant.
D’you know even the trains heave a sigh of relief pulling out of the station.

Seriously though, its very sad, but are teenage suicides heavier there than elsewhere? Or just more public?

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We really do need to compare black books June.
Did he play rugby?

Oh my god … we could be related….

I think these are just more public, but terribly, terribly tragic.

]]> By: AgendaWide http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231667 AgendaWide Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:25 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231667 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf In 2004 the rate of suicides per 100,000 people in UK was 18 for males and 6 for females. Bridgend with a population of 40,000 (Wiki) must be now the regional area in the UK with the highest rate of suicide. Scotland especially Glasgow city tops the league not Wales. Other areas of Wales with high suicide statistics for females is Conwy with 75 suicides 1991-2004, and for males it is Denbigh with 73 suicides 1991-1997. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/hsq/HSQ31suicide_trends.pdf
In 2004 the rate of suicides per 100,000 people in UK was 18 for males and 6 for females. Bridgend with a population of 40,000 (Wiki) must be now the regional area in the UK with the highest rate of suicide.
Scotland especially Glasgow city tops the league not Wales. Other areas of Wales with high suicide statistics for females is Conwy with 75 suicides 1991-2004, and for males it is Denbigh with 73 suicides 1991-1997.

]]> By: Clartmaster http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231624 Clartmaster Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:07:48 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231624 I live in 'Death Town' and have done for 22 years. It is nowhere near as bad as the media are reporting. The reason they have come to paint this picture of Bridgend as a bleak desolate scummy town with no prospects is because the only people they have bothered to interview are scummy chavs with no prospects that hand around outside off licences. Surely you could come to the same conclusion in any town in the UK? And let it be noted that none of the deaths were actually in the town of Bridgend. They were all in the county of Bridgend, which covers about 40 square miles and has a population of 150,000. All these reports wreak of irrelevence. I live in ‘Death Town’ and have done for 22 years. It is nowhere near as bad as the media are reporting. The reason they have come to paint this picture of Bridgend as a bleak desolate scummy town with no prospects is because the only people they have bothered to interview are scummy chavs with no prospects that hand around outside off licences. Surely you could come to the same conclusion in any town in the UK?

And let it be noted that none of the deaths were actually in the town of Bridgend. They were all in the county of Bridgend, which covers about 40 square miles and has a population of 150,000. All these reports wreak of irrelevence.

]]> By: AgendaWide http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231612 AgendaWide Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:51:59 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231612 It is very curious that all alleged suicides are by hanging. There are 2000 deaths by hanging each year in England (not sure about Wales). Although it is the most common method of suicide in men, it is only the second most common method for women, with poisoning the most common method of suicide for women. So is there a more sinister reason why hanging is the chosen method ? http://www.csip.org.uk/silo/files/coroners-report-nov-update.pdf It is very curious that all alleged suicides are by hanging. There are 2000 deaths by hanging each year in England (not sure about Wales). Although it is the most common method of suicide in men, it is only the second most common method for women, with poisoning the most common method of suicide for women. So is there a more sinister reason why hanging is the chosen method ?

http://www.csip.org.uk/silo/files/coroners-report-nov-update.pdf

]]> By: JuneJohnson http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231610 JuneJohnson Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:50:34 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231610 I agree with Carmen, its Bridgend, its awful, but there is a road out. I used to go out with someone from Bridgend in the dim and distant. D'you know even the trains heave a sigh of relief pulling out of the station. Seriously though, its very sad, but are teenage suicides heavier there than elsewhere? Or just more public? I agree with Carmen, its Bridgend, its awful, but there is a road out.
I used to go out with someone from Bridgend in the dim and distant.
D’you know even the trains heave a sigh of relief pulling out of the station.

Seriously though, its very sad, but are teenage suicides heavier there than elsewhere? Or just more public?

]]> By: Marie Nicholas http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231588 Marie Nicholas Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:25:32 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231588 Narcisses is the God of our times, at least the God prevailing in the media reaching most of the teenagers. The media and their gloomy, cranky celebrities. The youngsters who committed suicde are now part of them. Narcisses died from drowning himself in his own image. Narcisses is the God of our times, at least the God prevailing in the media reaching most of the teenagers. The media and their gloomy, cranky celebrities. The youngsters who committed suicde are now part of them.

Narcisses died from drowning himself in his own image.

]]> By: AgendaWide http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231584 AgendaWide Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:22:30 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231584 Carmen Says: ...There is an interesting connection between teenage suicide and Seroxat, the anti-depressant. ... Yes I think the link is more likely to be drugs than the all powerful media. If it was the media why would be effect be confined (if it is) to Bridgend? The young people don't look depressed in the photos though - most of them look as if they care about their appearance. Carmen Says:
…There is an interesting connection between teenage suicide and Seroxat, the anti-depressant. …
Yes I think the link is more likely to be drugs than the all powerful media. If it was the media why would be effect be confined (if it is) to Bridgend?
The young people don’t look depressed in the photos though - most of them look as if they care about their appearance.

]]> By: gillyflower http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231567 gillyflower Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:13:03 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231567 2 Anorak I think the main reason its causing so much sensation is the fact that there have been so many in a short period of time. Plus the fact there have been several more in previous years in the area. It is a worrying time for the parents of teenagers in the Bridgend County, and indeed for the whole of South Wales. The sensational media reporting of Death Town etc is not pleasant, but I don;'t think it is a contributory factor. 2 Anorak

I think the main reason its causing so much sensation is the fact that there have been so many in a short period of time.

Plus the fact there have been several more in previous years in the area.

It is a worrying time for the parents of teenagers in the Bridgend County, and indeed for the whole of South Wales.

The sensational media reporting of Death Town etc is not pleasant, but I don;’t think it is a contributory factor.

]]> By: jay http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231548 jay Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:52:58 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231548 “The link between the deaths isn’t the internet - it is the way the media is reporting the news” OMG, could it be the media is developing 'self-awareness', next it could be 'conscience' and then on to 'responsibility'. We live in scary times. “The link between the deaths isn’t the internet - it is the way the media is reporting the news”
OMG, could it be the media is developing ’self-awareness’, next it could be ‘conscience’ and then on to ‘responsibility’. We live in scary times.

]]> By: Anorak http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231532 Anorak Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:37:38 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231532 I can't work out why it's causing so much sensation - every one of us can recall the story of a suicide when we were teens I can’t work out why it’s causing so much sensation - every one of us can recall the story of a suicide when we were teens

]]> By: firestar http://www.anorak.co.uk/180950/tabloids/bridgend-watch-a-look-at-the-cult-of-suicides-in-the-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-231525 firestar Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:30:54 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/180950.html#comment-231525 no one seems to have considered yet that something in the air\water etc may be causing people to have suicidal tendencies. or maybe it's aliens. make a great dr who episode. no one seems to have considered yet that something in the air\water etc may be causing people to have suicidal tendencies.

or maybe it’s aliens.
make a great dr who episode.

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