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One of the news items today here in Japan was rather sad. Apparently a young man died because the rest of the group he was with teased him into jumping or diving. 8 meters (roughly 24 feet) into water that was roughly 4 meters deep. I'm not sure from the news report whether he hit the side going down or simply didn't know how to dive. This was not a diving spot, really. Just a high stone wall along a river bank, with a deep spot below.
The news made it fairly plain that he apparently didn't want to do this, but the other eight people that he was out with made fun of him until he jumped. I suspect most of them are now wondering why it was so important to get him to jump. It wasn't clear from the news whether others in the group also were diving or not. Doesn't really matter, of course.
I have to admit when I first heard the news I expected that he would be a teenager or perhaps college-age. However, he was 33 years old. I guess his mother hadn't spent enough time telling him, "It doesn't matter if everyone else is being stupid, you don't have to."
The news made it fairly plain that he apparently didn't want to do this, but the other eight people that he was out with made fun of him until he jumped. I suspect most of them are now wondering why it was so important to get him to jump. It wasn't clear from the news whether others in the group also were diving or not. Doesn't really matter, of course.
I have to admit when I first heard the news I expected that he would be a teenager or perhaps college-age. However, he was 33 years old. I guess his mother hadn't spent enough time telling him, "It doesn't matter if everyone else is being stupid, you don't have to."
