Breaking Up is Hard to do....

So I was reading Cosmo (yep, again) - the guy confession page. One guy wrote in - here's a brief synopsis of his story:

He met a girl, they went out a couple times, he realized he wasn't into her. He stopped calling/texting, however, she continued to call/text him and he couldn't seem to shake her (editor's sidenote: I, personally, am disappointed he didn't mention whether or not he'd slept with her - I feel it was an important detail). He decided to create an email account, emailed this girl pretending to be his own mother, and told her (as his 'mother') that her son had had a mental breakdown and had been institutionalized, therefore, he couldn't see her any more.

(Second editor's sidenote: I wonder if he realizes this really isn't, in all actuality, all that far from the truth.)

Ok - first - just to clarify - I personally have not been in a relationship recently, nor have I been broken up with recently. In fact, not in years. I say this so no one thinks I'm some bitter crazy angry girl who is pissed off at her recent ex-boyfriend or something that implies there is such an undertone to this post.

Second. Seriously dude? Couldn't you have, uh, just told her the truth (or a gentle reasonable facsimile)? 'I realized I'm still not over my ex....I am just not ready for a relationship right now....I don't think we want the same things' yada? In addition to this, I have known quite a few various guys who've used some bizarre breakup techniques - such as disappearing, or purposely intentionally pissing the girl off so she will break up with him. What is with guys fearing girls will go CRAZY if they tell them honestly, respectfully that they just don't think things are going to work out?

I know a lot of guys will interject that girls they've had past experiences with did go crazy, so they've taken to erring on the side of caution. However, I think the anger really just comes not from the rejection necessarily but in the way that it's handled. In the words of Carrie Bradshaw, from the best SATC episode ever:

"Most women aren't angry, irrational psychos. We just want an ending to a relationship that is thoughtful and decent and honors what we had together. So my point, Billy, is this. There is a good way to break-up with someone and it doesn't include a post-it!"

Your thoughts? Do all men have issues in breaking up with women? Do women have similar issues when breaking up with men? Is there any good way to break up with a person? Anyone have any major horror stories out there? In the minds of men, do all women have the potential to get crazy when they're being broken up with?