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Wow. No. In each of the hypotheticals you give, the subject does not intend to take his own life. This is not the case for Aaron. There is something very upse

Wow. No. In each of the hypotheticals you give, the subject does not intend to take his own life. This is not the case for Aaron. There is something very upsetting about blaming the justice department then attempting to cast Aaron as a martyr. What kind of message does this send to young internet activists struggling to make their dent in the world? As you saw in my older HN comment on Ilya. Copycat suicides are a real phenomenon and some raw responses to them, however well intentioned, can make them more likely to occur. Department of Health Recommendations for Covering Suicide. Do not apportion blame. Do not give simple reasons. Do not glorify. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_media.pdf http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource... http://www.scribd.com/doc/126241/WHO-Media-Guide-for-Suicide-Reporting http://www.scribd.com/doc/126241/WHO-Media-Guide-for-Suicide...

sophacles 14y ago
Nope, not even close to rational on your part. You can't say that people talking can be responsible for some more suicides, and in the same breath say other people talking (aka the justice department accusing someone and threatening with severe punishment) can't be responsible for an action. You are simply stating "I don't like to think this way, so I'm going to talk a bunch of illogical circles until it's too confusing to notice the cognitive dissonance". Further, you are setting up a false dilemma based on "choice of death". Further still, you are making a slippery slope argument about "how will this affect all the other activists". Oh and the post to health department recommendations is an appeal to authority. Finally, in the hypotheticals I give, 2 involve death stemming from a choice to partake in risky behavior.
- codybrown 14y ago
  -facepalm-

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Wow. No. In each of the hypotheticals you give, the subject does not intend to take his own life. This is not the case for Aaron. There is something very upse

by codybrown 14y ago

sophacles 14y ago
Nope, not even close to rational on your part. You can't say that people talking can be responsible for some more suicides, and in the same breath say other people talking (aka the justice department accusing someone and threatening with severe punishment) can't be responsible for an action. You are simply stating "I don't like to think this way, so I'm going to talk a bunch of illogical circles until it's too confusing to notice the cognitive dissonance". Further, you are setting up a false dilemma based on "choice of death". Further still, you are making a slippery slope argument about "how will this affect all the other activists". Oh and the post to health department recommendations is an appeal to authority. Finally, in the hypotheticals I give, 2 involve death stemming from a choice to partake in risky behavior.
- codybrown 14y ago
  -facepalm-