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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by ams6110 on Friday January 03, 2014 @01:02AM (#7004389)
Choice is probably not the right word, in that a suicidal person isn't thinking clearly (even if in his own mind he thinks he is). But it was his doing, not anyone else's.
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Re:Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death by mtrimpe on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:31AM (#7004645)
Let's keep in mind that there is a pretty good example of external pressure and/or threat of persecution elevating suicide rates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_among_LGBT_youth

If you also consider the differential susceptibility thesis (which seems to apply to Aaron rather well) then it's easy to argue that the government's conduct most likely did significantly contribute: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_susceptibility_hyp...

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