1 death by suicide per month of American citizens in Japan is probably high - maybe not if they count the military base. I don't know - I wish I could easily lo

1 death by suicide per month of American citizens in Japan is probably high - maybe not if they count the military base. I don't know - I wish I could easily look up their statistics and see what they said - too bad KiwiFarms is not allowed to defend itself against accusations and what they've previously written I'm forbidden to read. Regarding Near's friends - he wrote that he had no friends. None of the people who claim posthumously to have been his friends offered any evidence that any suicide took place. Near, when writing to KiwiFarms, said that right before he killed himself he would send copies of his passport to KiwiFarms so that they would be able to tell he actually did kill himself. Then, in his final message, he decided not to do that. There is no real evidence that Near's suicide actually took place - it's all "This person on Twitter knows Near's friend and they say he killed himself." Maybe that's accurate - but it seems like a low bar for confidence levels if we're going to ban a group from the Internet based on it. Regarding discussing Near's suicide - Near emailed the site owner, Joshua Moon, and made the offer - "I'll pay you 125k to remove the thread or I'll kill myself." Moon replies that he doesn't even know if it would be legal to accept that offer, says that he probably won't and that he would feel guilty about taking Near's money, and the pair discuss it for a few exchanges before Near, apparently, loses patience. Moon also expresses his confusion that Near is upset, because the KiwiFarms thread is about 100 comments in length, none name Near, the thread is not active, and the comments are mostly pretty benign (e.g. "Near must be autistic to spend so much time on emulators).