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| madgirlslovesong |
 Posted: Jan 23, 2007 1:19 pm |
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ユメクイ
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I found this in the news and thought it was really sad. I haven't really branched out into a lot of Korean artists yet, so I don't really know much about her. After reading the article, though it really made me upset. Especially after reading this part:
Quote: Police investigating the death said that people close to her testified that U;Nee seemed to have been suffering from depression. There is speculation that U;Nee was upset by online criticisms and attacks. Police told reporters that U;Nee had been able to hide her stress well, saying that even her own family didn't know she was depressed. U;Nee left no suicide note or will, police said.
Quote: Reactions to the recent suicide of the singer U;Nee once again highlighted one of the more unsavory aspects of Korea’s Internet culture, which is dominated by so-called “cyber warriors” who produce malicious comment professionally. "This is the first news that made me smile in a long time,” one comment read after the singer took her own life on Jan. 21, apparently after being depressed due to malicious online comment for some time. A batch of malicious messages were posted immediately to mock her death.
I hope that she is at peace now. |
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| orange_ka |
| Posted: Jan 23, 2007 2:13 pm |
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Joined: 01 Jul 2005
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I agree, sometime people don't realize how one comment can hurt someone this much. people don't think before making critisim and they don't consider what affect it might bring to the person being attacked. these people are just irresponsible. 
I kept thinking that if you don't like artist/singer, you could simply just not buy/watch/support them. you don't need to attack them by leaving these critisms online....well, just my opinion. |
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| Mojo Pin |
| Posted: Jan 23, 2007 2:33 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
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Bah, pathetic and a disgrace calling using the word 'warriors' for a bunch of low life, faceless scum. They are a bunch of pathetic cowardly vermin, why should someone go through such horrible unjustified abuse.
The media are all narrow minded, blood lusting, elitist pigs, they say they are doing there best to help society, When in fact they are conforming us. Them and the baby-boomers are a main reason society has gone backwards in general.
I feel sorry for this young lady even though I have never heard of her at all and the many more that are affected by this, it is also a personal issue for me, as i've felt very down myself a while ago. A woman who is very vulnerable in a industry, that already puts you under much stress, that also wants to draw every last bit of talent you have, should get targeted by a plague of filth.
Critical analyses of her as a singer sure you expect that, but personally attacking someone who you've most likely never meet or most importantly know nothing of, Is the act of a pathetic cockroach. especially when you continue too attack her when she has tragically taken her own life.
But the thing that gets me is, the abuse of freedom of speech and the lack of common decency that has sprung on the internet & society in general, this is appalling and made myself and others grow disenchanted with the world in general. We need to stop ignoring celebrities personal feelings, and stop treating them as if they are playthings, They are just like you and me.
In general people need to realise we do have time to help get others back on their feet. It's just so sad people can't be bothered to be patient and supportive of them, when they are in need of others to show the world ain't such a bad place. Their is no quick solution to depression.
I guess I got into a bit of a rant, It just is so personal  . I could say 1000 hateful things i want to do or say to these people, but it would not achieve anything but feed the filth. Its just so sad to see a beautiful young lady with so much to give have her life destroyed by shadows of cowardly phantoms.
But I guess she can eternally rest in peace, without the troubles that plagued her in this sad, sad world. |
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| Mansley |
| Posted: Jan 23, 2007 3:18 pm |
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Joined: 14 Nov 2006
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ugh. this is both disgusting and disturbing. people should not be able to speak so lowly about something so precious as human life just because they can speak annonymously.
orange_ka wrote: I kept thinking that if you don't like artist/singer, you could simply just not buy/watch/support them. you don't need to attack them by leaving these critisms online....well, just my opinion. i am of the same opinion. though sometimes it is hard for me but i try my best to restrain myself from saying anything negative. furthermore it is discouraging to me to read negative criticism of the artists i like. so this sort of behavior really infuriates me.
the internet sure has made things different in today's music world. it has much potential, both positive and negative. it allows a singer to reach to a wider audience across all borders or racial barriers, but simultaneously this is most often with internet piracy. furthermore such harsh and despicable criticisms as this come along too.
what did the article mean that these criticisms were produced "professionally"??? is this an occupation? a legitimate one where people get paid? if so, shame on korea. (not that i hate korea, i love the country, but this aspect of it is pretty shameful and ought to be fixed) to allow such an occupation which can speak such things freely is a moral trainwreck. and about the individuals...people who are so devoid of every sense of guilt, compassion, or reason completely infuriate me...but even so if they were to take their own lives i would at least not have the nerve to say i was pleased about their death. such words should never be spoken about the end of another human's life.
mansley is now rambling on about how this article has both angered and saddened me...i will excuse myself now because i think i have made my point. |
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| shadowalke |
| Posted: Jan 23, 2007 8:15 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
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madgirlslovesong wrote: Quote: Reactions to the recent suicide of the singer U;Nee once again highlighted one of the more unsavory aspects of Korea’s Internet culture, which is dominated by so-called “cyber warriors” who produce malicious comment professionally. "This is the first news that made me smile in a long time,” one comment read after the singer took her own life on Jan. 21, apparently after being depressed due to malicious online comment for some time. A batch of malicious messages were posted immediately to mock her death.
I think the fact that none of the so called "cyber warriors" weren't even the least bit remorseful is what angered me the most. How can you seriously say that you were happy to hear that someone committed suicide. A human life is precious, not something that could be thrown away and disposed. Sigh...it's people like them that just bring our world down. I hope she rests in peace. |
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| cnix |
| Posted: Jan 23, 2007 10:47 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
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the news didn't say these so called cyber warriors were a direct cause to her depression/suicide did it? it's merely a speculation no? sure they could have contributed but these are just people expressing their opinions at an extreme level. it may sound like i'm siding with these low lives but im not. im just ticked that she suicided of all things. pretty successful artist like her throwing everything away to emotions and petty internet criticism. some people who struggle everyday have more will power to live than her. annoying  .
RIP. |
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| Mojo Pin |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 12:18 am |
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金魚花火
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Yeah I see where your coming from cnix, but this is a cut throat industry it demands a lot and takes a lot away from people. The media & a lot of the public are fascinated & obsessed with celebrity, we prod & manipulate these people's feelings so much, that they have become nothing more than playthings.
You come under the most intense scrutiny in the entertainment industry, where any action can be blown out of proportion & made into false rumors. The difference between an everyday person with depression and a celebrity who has depression, is we aren't confronted and don't have to deal with the warped opinions of people who are jealous of our status, while putting us in the public firing line.
We need to stop manipulating & persecuting their personal life, they're human beings like ourselves after all. |
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| Tatsuka Ito |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 12:54 am |
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| cnix is right. though this is a tragic event, and a look at the poor girl shes so pretty and young, she does not have much will to live. |
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| madgirlslovesong |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 3:24 pm |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 23 Sep 2005
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Mojo Pin has some excellent points. I'm glad you understood what I was trying to get at by posting this. It really bothers me when people start attacking others. Celebrity or not. And in this day and age, it's so much easier to do.
We tend to forget that celebrities are people first and that entertainment is just their job. When they aren't performing, they want to have a normal life just like we do.
When a normal person has problems and is struggling, they can go off and lick their wounds and try to heal. They can go to therapy and get help and no one else ever has to know! If you're famous, who can you really trust? How do you know that the person you're telling your problems to isn't going to turn around sell the story to the tabloids for cash?
I think it's especially hard on singers and actors when they get into the business so young. They're not equipped enough emotionally to deal with the everyday stress of being in the public eye all of the time. Sometimes they're pushed into using their talent by their families or caught up in the romanticism of being famous.
Why do you think so many young actors and celebrities end up in rehab and therapy later in life?
Imagine being depressed and upset and having nowhere at all to turn. Yes, suicide is seen as "the easy way out" and a seemingly very selfish way to deal with your problems, but to the person who is feeling suicidal, it seems like the ONLY way to deal with things.
I just don't understand why we have to be so mean about things. If you don't like something, there's no one forcing you to watch or listen. There's no need to go around and bash and complain. I understand that we have a right to speak what's on our minds, but it's like I said before, how do we know how far is too far? How can you tell when you've crossed the line between merely stating an opinion and harassing or personally attacking someone?
This world would be a much better place if we all thought about what we were going to say the effects of our words before we said them. |
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| Ayumi no Yume |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 9:09 pm |
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| I hope she comes back as a ghost and haunts all of them and they end up having to go to a psychology because of the seeings of her and they she comes back and haunts them more until they jump off cliffs and die and then someone makes a movie about it and makes lots of money and donates the money to charity and she will laugh at them and then rest in peace etc. |
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| shavoingin |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 9:10 pm |
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| those are mean people! they are so rude to her |
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| RhNinjaXe |
| Posted: Jan 24, 2007 9:39 pm |
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OMG,i realy don't believe what i just saw.I don't know now but my emotion are getting ahead of me.I am feeling really sad and depressed now.Celebrity are meant to be idolised,respect.How can they do such things?They should go to hell or something.It's getting really far?Cyber warriors?so i see these stupid useless humans should die more than anything.What the hell.Their selfish comments actually harms a pretty,innocent,young lady to die young.They are still provoking her after she dies.How cruel,idiot they can be?As far as anything i say,they should be trialed and sued.Her family,friends,fans must stand up to give her back justice.
Now,i would even want to risk my life killing these stupid pathetic idiots.I will even kill them.My life could even save other celebrities from getting insults from these heartless idiots.Omg,i really don't believe that people like this even existed.No place is paradise,there will be people like these everywhere.It take a lot of time to dream to be a celebrity.She did it,but was hurt by all the insults.How can they even do that to a young lady lke that for FUN.
But i think she shouldn't do that.No way.She could engage for a TV inteview and let her view stand strong.And now i don't know what her fans will feel.I already know they will be more than sad.Her strong view for suicide does not solve any problem.No way.She couldn't trust Therapy but at least her family and close friends are all around her.She shouldn't take this way out.She should know she will bring grief and sorrow to her family.
Life can be so beautiful and ugly.To put it in a correct way.The world is more than beautiful.But humans are divided.There are always people with evil and kind hearts.Obviously her kind soul cannot compete with those damn morons evil hearts.
But what done cannot be undoned.
So please
let's now all pray and bless her to find peace in heaven. |
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| Rinoa |
| Posted: Jan 25, 2007 12:58 am |
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| How sad. Some people are really miserable beings to spend their lifetime stuck to something like the internet and call themselves 'cyber warriors'. They are losers who don't have a life imo and the comment of them being happy at her death disgusted me. Some people don't deserve to be called humans because they are just miserable creatures trying to make others miserable too. |
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| jirucloud |
| Posted: Jan 25, 2007 1:33 am |
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| This is absolutely terrible... I think the part that struck me the most was the glee that the people who attacked her and caused her death smiled at the news... I can't ever remember the paparazzi involved in Princess Diana's car crash saying things like that... |
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| Rinoa |
| Posted: Jan 25, 2007 1:47 am |
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| Some cultures are pretty cruel. She's been criticised throughout her whole career and seems they won't quit now either - quite sad when one considers that it's just a career and nothing else. If you don't like it, don't watch it. |
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