Ah, CNN - always good for that high quality news spot. Apparently taking their lead from the Daily Mirror (a British newspaper with a spotless reputation), they cover a story which inspired one person to say

We asked him why he did it and he told us he was very drunk and could not exactly remember what happened.

I feel that once he recovers and understands what he has done he should commit suicide.

Admittedly, it is rather sad and pathetic, what the person in question did, but do we need to cover it? Does it make us wiser, or know more about our world than we did before we read it?

Perhaps this is idealistic, but I suppose it is possible that someone might read this story, and it will stick with that person subconsciously, and steer that person ever so gently toward not behaving quite so stupidly while drunk, or just not getting _that_ drunk. On a practical side, it may be that there were people near the scene wondering what was going on, and this informs them. Then again, I'd be inclined to think that this belongs more in a local newscast or paper than something national.