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==Suicide is not a crime==

==Suicide is not a crime==

Let's be honest people. Suicide is not against the law in the VAST majority of countries in the world. This encyclopedia is supposed to report the TRUTH. Saying that suicide is a "crime" is simply dishonest, unless the Consevapedia is aimed mainly at the people of Syria and Turkmenistan. But of course it isn't; the vast majority of readers and editors of Conservapedia are American (just look at the logo for Christ's sake). It is irrelevant whether suicide OUGHT to be illegal, fact is that it is legal in the United States and most other countries, and this FACT should not be distorted.  

Let's be honest people. Suicide is not against the law in the VAST majority of countries in the world. This encyclopedia is supposed to report the TRUTH. Saying that suicide is a "crime" is simply dishonest, unless the Consevapedia is aimed mainly at the people of Syria and Turkmenistan. But of course it isn't; the vast majority of readers and editors of Conservapedia are American (just look at the logo [deleted by admin]). It is irrelevant whether suicide OUGHT to be illegal, fact is that it is legal in the United States and most other countries, and this FACT should not be distorted.  

I have nothing agaist phrases such as "sucide ''was'' a crime" or "suicide is immoral", but saying that "suicide is a crime" is a lie, plain and simple. At least according to Conservapedias ''own'' definition of [[crime]] [[User:Harebrained|Harebrained]] 20:51, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

I have nothing agaist phrases such as "sucide ''was'' a crime" or "suicide is immoral", but saying that "suicide is a crime" is a lie, plain and simple. At least according to Conservapedias ''own'' definition of [[crime]] [[User:Harebrained|Harebrained]] 20:51, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

:I think they used to give you a suspended sentence in some places for a botched suicide attempt. There's a dark joke I'm reminded of "The penalty for attempting suicide is death" [[User:DLerner|The user formerly known as DLerner]] 21:01, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

:I think they used to give you a suspended sentence in some places for a botched suicide attempt. There's a dark joke I'm reminded of "The penalty for attempting suicide is death" [[User:DLerner|The user formerly known as DLerner]] 21:01, 22 March 2008 (EDT)

 

: If you acknowledge that it ''is'' a crime in some countries, how is is "dishonest" to call it a crime?  Misleading, perhaps, but not dishonest, and not a lie.  Changing it to "was a crime" when it still is in some places ''would'' be dishonest.  And your comment about the American-ness of Conservapedia, although accurate, is unconvincing to this Aussie.  Can you supply some evidence that it "is not against the law in the VAST majority of countries in the world".  If so, I might add that into a footnote in order that the statement is clearer.  [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:36, 23 March 2008 (EDT)