Letters to the Editor
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This is kind of awesome - Wikicide
This kind of free propagation of useful information is exactly what the web should be about.
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Censoring suicide sites will not help
Take it from someone who once attempted suicide a long time ago: if you wish to kill yourself, a lack of detailed information or advice is not going to stop you from making an attempt.
The only truly effective suicide deterrences the Japanese government can seek?
Determine and address the root causes, build support networks and try to effect social change.
Yes, yes - these efforts are a thousand times more difficult than mere 'pro-suicide' Web censorship...but, unlike the latter action, they may actually work.
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yuck
Hydrogen sulfide really stinks. It must be awful waiting for a lethal concentration to build up.
Maybe locking yourself in the john with a bag of dry ice is more pleasant.
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The problem is not that information about how to commit suicide is available.
Pretty much everybody knows how to commit suicide. The problem is that there are people who want to do so. Manjoo is dancing around the issue, but there is an implication here that somehow the Internet is to blame. It isn't.
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Is there something we should know about...
...bathroom products?
Holy moly, who knew -- hydrogen sulfide. While I have exactly zero intention of offing myself, I would like to know exactly what kinds of bathroom products should NEVER COME INTO CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER!
Wow.
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@Whispers, re blame
Where's that implication?
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"The Web Prompts Suicides"
Sounds like blame to me.