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Why shouldn't we examine the last thing as much as the others?
by TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
Why shouldn't we examine the last thing as much as the others?
- __s 8y agoBecause there may be 100 things before it, so it's only 1% of what lead up to the event. & the things which came earlier had a longer time to cause impact. ie a series of early events can lead to a result, whereas what is the actual percentage of people immediately committing suicide after listening to something suicidal? Better to focus on how to mitigate people reaching this point, as opposed to the straw that broke the camel's back
- Circuits 8y agoI agree but mitigating the risk of breaking the camels back is worth it if the only side-effect is one less crappy Netflix show.
- vkou 8y ago> as much as the others Which is to say, not at all? Nobody takes the mental health of students seriously. If we did, our schools would look quite different.
- ohithereyou 8y agoIf I drive a rental Ford Focus to the location where I commit suicide should Ford be investigated as strongly as my documented major depressive disorder and the breakup I had with my spouse? Should the DJ at the radio station I was listening to during the drive be scrutinized? Should you stake out the McDonald's that I went in to piss and grabbed a coffee from?
- sl1ck731 8y agoWell we would never know the answer to these questions, and more, unless we looked. Maybe there is no causation or relation, maybe there is, what is the issue with finding out? I'm sure at one point studying many of the attributes of what makes a serial killer were considered with the same contempt.