I'm glad I don't and won't face:
"Woman narrates her suicide on Facebook" March 28, 2012
TAIPEI — A woman in Taiwan killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook and none of them alerted authorities, police said Tuesday.
Claire Lin killed herself on her 31st birthday, March 18, and family members were unaware of the Facebook conversations that accompanied her suicide, Taipei police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said.
Lin’s last Facebook entries show her chatting with nine friends, alerting them to her gradual asphyxiation. One picture uploaded from her mobile phone depicts a charcoal barbecue burning next to two stuffed animals. Another shows the room filled with fumes.
One friend identified as Chung Hsin told Lin, “Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you.’’
Lin replied: “The fumes are suffocating. They fill my eyes with tears. Don’t write me anymore.’’
A few of the Facebook friends chatting with her tried to stop her and track her down on their own, but none called police. Chung did not respond to attempts to reach him for comment.
Lin’s last words, in Chinese, were: “Too late. My room is filled with fumes. I just posted another picture. Even while I’m dying, I still want FB [Facebook]. Must be FB poison. Haha.’’
The only ones laughing are the corporate advertisers and bankers.
Lin’s Facebook postings indicated she was unhappy because her boyfriend was ignoring her, and had failed to return home to be with her on her birthday. Her boyfriend found her body the next morning and alerted her family, Hsieh said.
Hsieh said he regretted that none of her friends called police to help her during the 67-minute episode, but he added it may have been difficult for them to know her whereabouts.
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TAIPEI - Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered
Saturday in downtown Taipei to protest government policies ahead of the
inauguration of Ma Ying-jeou, the recently reelected president.
Participants said they were angry about Ma’s economic policies,
including his decision, announced after his January reelection, to raise
utility prices (AP)."
