Suicide Website Webmaster Arrested for Assisting in Suicide
Kazunari Saito, a 33 year-old electrician, was arrested for giving 21 year-old Sayaka Nishizawa sleeping pills and then suffocating here.
Sayaka had contacted Kazunari through a Internet suicide website that he owned and offered him $1,700 to kill her.
The suspect told police he had been asked to “see through” the dying process.
“I want to die, how can I die?” Sayaka asked him.
Kazunari wrote back: “I will give you lots of sleeping pills. I will help.”
There was no clear reason as to why Sayaka wanted to kill herself or why she would ask for help.
(Asahi)
By Sun Tzu on 13-10-2007
Comment by darkwing duck
October 13th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Are you off your f*cking meds!? Dr. Death? (i mean shocker)
Comment by skanger
October 14th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Rather a serious matter; assisting/taking someone’s life. Not so much weird news, more in the way of tragic news.
Comment by Tourex
October 14th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
He’s a killer,in sheep’s clothing!
Comment by Casual Adventurer
October 15th, 2007 at 2:52 am
As long as he practices what he preaches…… no one likes a hypocrite!
Comment by whatever
October 15th, 2007 at 4:11 am
I don’t see a problem here. She wanted to die and so he helped her.
Comment by stu
October 15th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
“As long as he practices what he preaches…… no one likes a hypocrite!”
he is practicing what he preaches… helping people commit suicide when they want to die. not very bright, are you?
Comment by stu
October 15th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
he’s not in sheep clothing because he never denied his intentions. he’s helping someone out; more than you can say.
Comment by gee-man
October 15th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Hilarious how people are trying to justify the murder of a person. Really, I find it funny how people can say the dumbest shit online.
Comment by tourex
October 15th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Of course you can’t see a problem,because people like yourself,are the problem! You think you are God? No one has the right to take a life,even if asked,(duh)!!
Comment by tourex
October 15th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
I may not be as bright as you,because i never knew it was legal to assist a person in wanting to die. Perhaps one day, if one of your pals asks you to help him/her to die, we can come visit you in jail.
Comment by skanger
October 16th, 2007 at 9:22 am
@stu I fear you may have missed the point of Casual Adventurer’s comment, however, to assist you on your way I’ll spell it out. If the man practises as he preaches, i.e. it is ok for one to commit suicide, then he too should be dead by now.
unnerstan? uh?
Comment by Casual Adventurer
October 16th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Well I guess you got me there, I bow to your obviously superior intellect. Obviously us simple country boys need to be put in our place from time to time, why some of us aint even house broke yet.
Comment by SAsha
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
eufanasia is a difficult subject. I mean , yes no body is God,who are we to say who lives or dies. But then If someone is suffereing physically or emotionaly i can understand why they would want to die. Can you imagine lets say if you became paralyzed from head to toe trapped in your own bed day after day, no love, no sex, no fun. I would want to die too.
I really can’t say who’s side i’m on. It’s sad that there is a website like that accepting money for it, but then he’s just trying to help people in a sense. Maybe if he didn’t do it for money, it wouldn’t seem so offensive and sick.
Comment by Q
November 4th, 2007 at 8:52 am
I’m actually with you on this one. It’s hard to decide when euthanasia is okay, but I think it’s the exchange of money that makes it so unsettling… like hiring a hit man for yourself.
Comment by propke
May 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
i think that man is inocent he just telld her she wanted it so he told her sorry for my spelling im not good at english sorry again
Comment by bloodyhatchet
October 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
i think that if you want to kill yourself do it on your own why ask for help i gonna do it on my own i dont need help but at least she got her last dying wish help!
Comment by chingkulingkang
December 11th, 2008 at 6:19 am
yeah likewise to you, if you want to die… I’ll never help you.
Comment by zin
October 8th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
no, but she asked. That doesn't mean the guy thought he was God or anything. It isn't like she was walking down the street and he saw her and thought, "Gee, I should kill her!"
Now then I would say he had a God-complex because he had no right to take her life. But when she asked him to, she gave over her rights to him.
Comment by Phosphorus
February 24th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
He only offered to help her with what she wanted to do. He wasn't saying "everyone should die always" or "Everyone should commit suicide!" Just because you think it is okay for someone to do things in certain circumstances, doesn't mean that they want to do it just then. I can say it's okay to commit suicide, and at the same time, feel no desire to do it. If it is okay to skydive, should everyone skydive? If it is okay to drink, should everyone drink?
It doesn't work like that, moron.