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::: Have you read the other comments above about this point? And how is [[Russell's teapot]] relevant to this? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:19, 13 October 2008 (EDT)
::: Have you read the other comments above about this point? And how is [[Russell's teapot]] relevant to this? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:19, 13 October 2008 (EDT)
:::: I have read the other comments above. There is no first world country that categorizes suicide as a crime (according to the Australia LifeForce Suicide Prevention program, Australia no longer criminalizes either suicide or attempted suicide), and to say that it is a crime is misinformed and wrong.
Russell's teapot is relevant because it says that the burden of proof falls upon the person making the accusation or the statement. Without this logic, I could claim that Ayn Rand had a tail, and could claim so until someone else proved that she didn't. In this situation, suicide was claimed as a crime, when (in fact) it isn't according to most third world countries and by (I'm nearly certain) nearly every person who views this website. If it is a crime in some Middle Eastern countries, then that should be listed, but it should not be labeled as a crime when it isn't in the main countries of viewership. --[[User:Limbo|Limbo]] 23:16, 30 October 2008 (EDT)