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Japanese Police Ask ISPs for Help in Reducing Suicides
arstechnica.com — Instructions found online on how to kill oneself by extracting hydrogen sulphide out of bath salts are responsible for close to 50 suicide attempts in Japan over the last month. The police have asked ISPs to remove the information from the Internet.
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- protogenxl, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Whatever happened to the a good old flying leap off a bridge.
- SteelChicken, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Dont stop Darwin.
- 360news, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2The problem is not the information available online (that could also be found in a book).
The problem is that these people had a problem to begin with - they were unhappy or could see no future worth living for..- GoldenZero, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Perfect. My thoughts exactly.
- theaceoffire, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1"Hydrogen Sulfide has been used frequently in Japan, created when mixing a detergent with a shampoo. Inhalation of the compound is lethal. The Japanese government have been battling an alarming surge in suicides using this method."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide#Suic ...
O.o now I am curious... - Rapter09, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Yeah. That's it Japan, stifle your liberties and push it under the rug instead of confronting the problem directly. Maybe people wouldn't be looking to off themselves so much if there were some fundamental changes in... well, whatever's causing it.
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