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by gpm 587 days ago
To give the authorities a reason to intervene. Which in turn is justified by most people who fail to commit suicide being happy, in retrospect, that they failed.

There's probably also a crowd who want it to be illegal because they view suicide as a sin, though personally I think that justification for a law seems like a violation of religious freedoms.
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recursive 585 days ago
Can "the authorities" intervene prior to a crime they believe is going to be committed? The supreme court has roundly rejected prior restraint. [1]

[1]: https://youtu.be/pn-kxUEySy0?t=54

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tredre3 587 days ago
> Which in turn is justified by most people who fail to commit suicide being happy, in retrospect, that they failed.

If true, that sounds like survivorship bias (literally). Those who aren't happy about the failure will just try again and won't be counted in the statistics.

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