Danny Chen was a soldier in Afghanistan. He was 19 years old. 8 other soldiers were changed because of it. all he wanted to do was sever his country. the bulling got so bad that he committed suicide. srry if i spelled something wrong.

Well you did completely change the meaning of "serve" by writing "sever."

omg thats horrible

Those people stink! Danny Chen did not deserve that because he was Chinese. May he rest in peace.

...well, details? Who bullied him? For what reason? You're being vague, OP. doesn't exactly do him justice by just stating he died for a largely unexplained reason.

That's bad... I don't even..... R.I.P. Danny Chen.......

sometimes i wonder if asians get bullied because
world war III or it's just because we asians gots swag

sometimes i wonder if asians get bullied because
world war III or it's just because we asians gots swag

I just like how everyone here assumes that he got bullied because he's Asian.

>>9 yfw it turns out he was bullied because he's asian

"The military's investigation found that Chen had been the target of racially motivated taunts and physical attacks at the hands of his superiors and comrades before he died."

>>10 Oh, I see. It was just funny that everyone assumed that cause of his picture, and no real solid information from OP's post.

I wasn't doubting that it was for that reason, but clearly people looked it up on their own and posted about it here with the assumption everyone knew too.

But that defeats the purpose of making a topic on the news board entirely. It's like handing someone a list of keywords and telling them to go google it. Not going to be arsed to look up every half-assedly written piece of information that comes my way, that's what I come to this board for in the first place.

>>9 It said on the news he was from a China Town in the U.S.

all he wanted to do was sever his country huh?

Rest
In
Piece
Fallen
Soldier

R.I.P Danny Chen

Alright what I'm about to say is my opinion, sorry if it offends. also as a precursor I just want it know I'm against military so this is a bit biased.
In my opinion, I don't see why it's such a big deal. People commit suicide all the time because of bullying, just because it was a soldier shouldn't change the fact that gay people and other races get harassed on a daily basis and no one usually gives a shit. Bullying is wrong, but if someone lets people get to them so easily that they killed themselves over name calling, then they weren't gonna last long anyway cause they were weak minded (in my opinion) and life is survival of the most fit. I do realize that he was physically harassed too in which case these people weren't just doing it because he was asian, they are sick people, I've seen many masochists enter the military, so if not this kid it could have been another and there was no avoid this, because it was possibly a homicide, that hasn't been fully ruled out yet.
On a separate note I know for a fact the military makes fun of every race and gender on a regular basis. From what I know, it's done because 1. they like to have a good time (idk why making fun of other ppl is fun, but w/e) and its also done to do just what I previously stated which is weed out the weak ones, because if you break down to simple things such as racism then you are a greater hazard in the field to everyone.
This is just my thoughts, sorry if I offend, I just don't see any justice or reasoning in suicide.

your an ass kaosu

You think its stupid? Try having your BEST FRIEND commit suicied because of bullying! I have to live with it!! Don't be a hater!! Monster you rock :P

I see Kaosu's point though, white knights >>19 and >>20 aside. I can't say I understand the viewpoint of someone who is truly depressed and suicidal, not completely at least. From my own viewpoint though, I never looked at suicide as a legitimate course of action for anyone, except for in very specific situations. This is not one of them.

Suicide does more harm than it does good. In fact, it only does harm. There is no good to come from it. If one person is suffering from bullying, that is more due to one aspect of their life that they could cut out or seek to rectify or simply deal with. If they kill themselves over it, it gives the aggressors an amount of guilt to deal with (likely disproportionate) and gives friends and loved ones an amount of pity to deal with forever.

Some may take up the mantle of protecting those who are pushed to suicide, like >>20 claims; but if it really took one of your friends committing suicide to do so, using the act as your personal legitimacy as a defender of fucking justice, then it's a bit hypocritical.

I do feel bad that this person had to deal with such bullshit, don't get me wrong. It is total bullshit, unless I'm misinterpreting the context to be more candid than they made it sound. It's a shame he didn't bring it to light first, and chose to kill himself instead.

>>21

It's not that easy to tell people about the situation you're in. Suicidal is like the rock bottom of depression, it'd be easier to stay down there and die rather than climbing back up.
Also, he's a man in the military. I guess it might've been a pride thing for him too.

Suicidal does a little bit of good.
I mean, I might get shot for saying this but
- Overpopulation, we're 7 billion + -
/shot

What right of it is yours to call it overpopulation? It's a world meant living in. It's population. Not over.

>>23 No he is correct, there is such a thing called maximum capacity and just like a building, the earth has a max limit. After a certain population, vegetation will not be large enough to suffice the number of humans. Just like we maintain the number of some species of animals, humans have to watch their numbers too. truth of the matter is, is that if the population grows, the human race will flood the earth and thus more land will be destroyed to provide homes for them and thus less food and oxygen because of the lost area. Every human life in existence is valuable, but there is a point at which the production should be halted until problems are addressed, i.e. what to do with the current population that the majority of is living in desperation. Why bring more into the world that cannot be cared for and might die for no reason?

We can't stop them.
Also if you didn't notice, my post was a joke.

oh it was? XD no i didn't realize, I'm bad at telling if things are or aren't from text

He didnt deserve that curse the peole who did that to him

>>26 To be fair, I didn't understand the joke either.

Humor is versatile.

Who knows what other people find funny.

This injustice makes me so pist off with the way people can be!

... not to be an ass but i believe if someone is weak enough in the mind to kill them self's just because of bullying there probably was some other stuff in the family or something to weaken his resolve or he was just weak of mind. ive been harshly bullied in the past harder than most people at my school and ive never had a suicidal tendencies because of it. you just suck it up and realize geeks will inherit the earth

>>23 Fuck yeah. Someone who agrees with me. Cuttin' the population, one by one.

/alsoshot

Moving on. I don't see how anybody could kill themselves over bullying, but let me remind you of this. There are so many suicides in the army from various things that it's ridiculous.

I can't sit here and be weeping for this one man just because his reason was more controversial due to the race factor.

I agree that although this case is sad, we cant focus on just this and make it seem in any way more important than any other suicide, in general no matter what the reason the fact that a person has been driven to take their own live is simply terrible. and although this post is a little discriminating in the sense that we talk about his death because the reason for it was racism, i mean we cant post about every suicide in the world! I appreciate it, because it somehow makes you think and understand how horribly can some actions affect a troubled person, and hopefully be careful.
Wow that was a very uncharacteristic emotional rant, but nonetheless true, in my opinion :P

that is so sad....i hate stuff like this.