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0 pointsSapporoChris4y ago0 comments

It's a boondoggle. With a bonus effect of increasing deaths from extreme heat.

Now, it might seem rude of me, but I am against killing people that want to live in order to maybe save people that want to die.

edit In addition, 88 per cent of students said they did not think that “replacing ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans in all IISc hostels (would) help curb student suicide”.

I still say it's a boondoggle, the resources could be better spent elsewhere. However, this looks like a really small matter, one institute of learning a relatively small number of suicides. I'm going to relax and not worry about it. end edit

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neuroma4y ago

> Now, it might seem rude of me, but I am against killing people that want to live in order to maybe save people that want to die.

The point is that most times people who commit suicide don't want to die, they simply feel life is currently so awful, and they is so little hope of change, that there is no alternative.

Those thoughts are usually transitory and people on the other side express relief that steps were taken to stop them, buying time in which to heal.

spoonjim4y ago

* Bangalore has negligible deaths from extreme heat. It does not get very hot there.

* Student polling is not a good way of assessing the likely impact on suicides.

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