Am I the only one who sees the complete disconnect between a prank—the sort that kids play on each other, or that occurs on Halloween—and a woman’s tragic decision to end her life?

Two Australian radio personalities are being heaped with scorn, and worse, because a phone call they made, pretending to be someone else, was understandably misinterpreted by the person who picked up the phone. Okay, so that person was fooled by the prank.

No one in her right mind would expect that person, upon discovering that she’d been fooled, to actually commit suicide over the matter. She might feel foolish. She might even be entitled to a lecture by her supervisor. But suicide?

Only a person with pre-existing “issues” would be pushed over the edge by having been publicly fooled.

The two radio people didn’t kill her. The world outside the hospital where she worked didn’t even know her name. No one was hurling contempt at her. It was a mistake anyone could have made. Not grounds for suicide.

If the world continues to blame the radio callers for this woman’s suicide, then can censorship of any playful mischief be far behind? No more playin hide n’ seek. After all, the whole point of that game is to playfully deceive. And on and on.  Give me a break.

No. Give those two Australians a break.