I don’t drink at all often, and when I do it’s Cognac or wine, so it’s a good thing I’m not the type to be involved in this ‘neck nomination’ thing. That said, if I did choose to ‘neck’ a bottle of Cognac, I’d be disappointed if I were branded anything better than a fool.
A ‘hash tag’ would appear to be the only difference between a reckless criminal drunkenly getting them self killed, and a tragedy where peer pressure leads to the death of an innocent victim.
Perhaps I’m being insensitive here, but I don’t understand why we’re forced to pretend that anyone is a ‘victim’ of a craze where people choose to drink an irresponsible amount of alcohol purely because they were told to by a friend using a social network. And yet, Facebook’s morally superior (read ‘Facebook users’) are crying out to put an end to this terror.
As with many things the media likes, ‘NekNomination’ would appear to merely be a symptom of a more serious problem. In this case that problem is irresponsibility. If someone suggests you drink poison for fun, let’s not pretend it’s anyone’s fault but your own if you do it.