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What right do they have to stop someone from committing suicide? Generally suicide is treated as a crime, and can result in someone being involuntarily held fo
by tree_of_item 9y ago
What right do they have to stop someone from committing suicide?
Generally suicide is treated as a crime, and can result in someone being involuntarily held for long periods of time, perhaps even forced to take psychotropic drugs. They spin this as "saving lives" but really this bottoms out in people getting harassed by police or potentially locked up for daring to post anything about suicide in or around Facebook (which is increasingly the entire web).
And honestly, if someone wants to commit suicide then Facebook of all "people" has no fucking business trying to stop them.
- balls187 9y agoI think if my son was considering suicide, I would want to be given a warning or indicator to at least attempt to intercede. At the same time, I absolutely wouldn't want a bunch of companies to target him with suggestive messages exploiting his mental state.