Why is it against the forum rules to encourage suicide?

[Marktheghost]

If someone wants to kill themselves, but is feeling a bit apprehensive about it, then encouraging them is a good thing isn't it?
Or is it just to keep the anti-choice people off our backs?

 

[InTheAirTonight]

This forum is pro-choice not pro-suicide

 

[Darkhaven]

Because that would be a CRIME....

 

[shadowchaser]

Because it's murder in literally all countries

 

[Donk]

Redirect Notice

 

[antler]

Aside from the legality, it's a little screwy to have somebody be all like, Tie that rope buddy! You can do it! I believe in you!

It would be weird, and it would get even weirder when you factor in all the little forum clique stuff that inevitably goes on.

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

Better to get to the roots of the apprehension than to override it with, "Do it!"

But yeah, forum rules state pro-choice, not pro-suicide. Still, it's a valid question. I suggest tagging some mods to get an official response rather than just what fellow members have to say.

 

[Notabadguy]

It's prochoice, not prosuicide. One thing is to provide tecnical valuable information, and another horse of different colour encouraging to do it.

 

[Jumper Geo]

The valid points have been made above I was going to mention the Michelle Carter case as Idonk has above where she encouraged him to kill himself but SS wouldn't exist if members encouraged people to ctb as it's against the law and there would be outrage across the World. Plus we would be renamed as a bunch of serial killers online.

Edit: https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/causing-suicide/

 

[Mr2005]

Why on earth would you encourage someone you don't know to commit suicide?