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I disagree. Especially with the way 'flimsy', 'elaborate' and 'reality' are used (or misused) and the straightforward complications of will-execution raised as though this is some sort of special case.
I would consider an argument of the form "This is a f@$%@ing terrible idea because if you kill yourself you DIE" far more persuasive than anything that relied on technical difficulties. Flip. This is two years worth of preparation time. How long does it take to google "suicide look like accident"? The technical problem is utterly trivial. It is just one that you are better off not implementing. On account of life being better than death.
Well I agree with you that "if you kill yourself you die" is a sufficient and primary argument against the proposal. I was merely following the implied "what if somebody is in a suicidal mood and therefore not convinced by the primary argument, what arguments are there against the feasibility of the proposal on its own terms" of this subthread.