Worldwide Mimic of Saddam Hussein Execution
After the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed last week, there were several reports about a wide spread mimicking of Saddam Hussein execution video. Other news reported in California and Texas were a 10 year old boy died by hanging himself from a bunk bed and it was apparently mimicking the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. I’ve read a similar report regarding the same issue in India where a young girl hanged herself as a protest for Saddam’s Execution. I was just wondering if these incidents are for real or it may be it was just a mere coincidence. Well no one knows, what ever the cause of these suicidal tendencies could only answered by their own parents and families.
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January 21st, 2007 at 11:49 am
Of course, they are genuine. Parents, law enforcement officials, and social scientists have confirmed that upwards of a dozen young people around the world who watched the Saddam hanging video have copied the act and died. I have tracked all the incidents via my blog.
The copycat effect is real, and has been documented for over thirty years. See my book The Copycat Effect (NY: Paraview Pocket - Simon and Schuster, 2004) for information on this topic.
See my blog, The Copycat Effect, for updated data on the copycat hangings and other copycat phenomena:
http://www.copycateffect.com
Sincerely,
Loren Coleman, Author