Decius comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (457)
It means that you prosecute failed suicides as crimes.
Is there good data on whether this is effective as deterrence? I don't expect it could be effective as punishment: I would expect it to increase despair and poverty, and so to increase chances of recurrent attempts.