This message is directed to all the do-gooders, white-hats, LE, anti-choice visitors, parents of children that have committed suicide, etc., that we all know prowl this forum.
If you think that eliminating, outlawing, or making it harder to get substances like sodium nitrite, Nembutal, or any other substance that can be used for suicide, is going to somehow, miraculously, put an end to suicide, you are delusional. The rate of suicide is not going to change. It's been a constant throughout all of time. All this is going to result in is driving those that are suicidal to seek out more grizzly means. That blood is on your hands. Actually, all of the blood from suicides is already on your hands. Those that take their own lives became suicidal under your watch, either through actions you have taken, through your inaction, or your indifference. The truly suicidal users who come to this forum are already suicidal long before even finding this forum. Their reasons for being suicidal were not created here. What they find here are others who can relate to what they are feeling, obviously something they were unable to get from any of you. Until society can get to the root cause of why people become suicidal, there will never be any meaningful reduction in suicide deaths. Targeting the means to an end has never delivered any type of long-term solution to a problem. The truth of the matter is that reasons for suicide are far too varied and individualistic to ever allow for a complete solution. Whether it be bullying, shaming, heartbreak, loneliness, disease, cut-throat competition, failure, what have you, there is no cure for the human condition. Suicide is a fact of life, like it or not, no different than there will always be murders, and rape, and theft. So, go ahead, appease your guilt if you must, in the futile attempt to make up for your own failures and shortcomings. The real difference is that any blood that might be on the hands of members of this group washes off. The blood on your hands is permanent. Your endeavors will only result in new methods presenting themselves, and old methods being driven underground. But, I think you already know that, at least you should. Go ahead, file your lawsuits. You can go after the suppliers of materials that some use to end their lives. There will always be more. It's always easier to blame the gun rather than the person who pulled the trigger. If you would like to know the person who, actually, pulled the trigger, one need not look any further than right in the mirror.
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