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Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 10:43 am
"Today" News Paper - September 9th 2009 Wrote:IN THEIR eyes, he was a brother to them, and the undisputed leader of the group.
Mature beyond his age, Ku Witaya was a friend they could always turn to for advice. By all accounts, the 16-year-old student had the full trust of his friends.
So much so that when the young, self-professed Taoist medium suggested a suicide pact as part of a grand plan to "sacrifice" themselves in order to save the world from demons, five of his teenage friends and Witaya's younger brother agreed.
But moments after Witaya and his close friend, Sia Chan Hong, also 16, pummelled nine floors to their deaths in the early hours of Aug 23 last year, the remaining five boys - aged between 13 and 18 now - backed out.
On the second day of the joint coroner's inquiry into the pair's deaths yesterday, details of the relationship among the friends emerged.
The five boys who took the stand yesterday included three who had entered the pact. Their identities cannot be revealed because of a court order.
The close-knit group hung out together often to play online computer games and basketball.
They also congregated at Witaya's home every week where on Fridays, the latter would perform rituals and go into a trance.
However, some of the boys were not completely convinced by Witaya's religious theories or his talk about the end of the world and their calling as slayers of demons, said the witnesses.
Although instructed by Witaya to meditate for four hours every day for 118 days in order to gain "spiritual powers" to defeat demons, a few of them did not comply.
Several of those who entered the pact were actually terrified of dying, the court heard.
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 10:50 am
Highlights the stupidity of religion!
Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for those who will claim, "My religion isn't like that, we wouldn't do anything that stupid!"
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 10:51 am
(September 9, 2009 at 10:50 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Highlights the stupidity of religion!
Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for those who will claim, "My religion isn't like that, we wouldn't do anything that stupid!"
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 10:53 am
(September 9, 2009 at 10:50 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Highlights the stupidity of religion!
Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for those who will claim, "My religion isn't like that, we wouldn't do anything that stupid!"
Kyu
I completely agree, my brother, plain stupidity at its very best. 
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 11:51 am
Mature beyond his age? Since when has selfish suicide been seen as mature?
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 11:54 am
(September 9, 2009 at 11:51 am)Saerules Wrote: Mature beyond his age? Since when has selfish suicide been seen as mature?
Exactly. *shrugs* Who knows lol
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 1:51 pm
This is a case of a charismatic person controlling people.
The blind ignorance of Kyu is astounding, and his influence sort of similar.
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Actually... he obviously wasn't charismatic enough: they didn't do it. If *I* got followers for myself... and did that: I'm 99% sure that every single one of them would do it Course... i could never do that... i   too much... 
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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Indeed Sae, thankfully. x 2
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RE: Why Some Of The Boys Backed Out
September 9, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Adrian is awesome, isn't he? That is the second emoticon he's put on here after i suggested we need one ^_^ methinks he's trying to earn brownie points here 
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