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Suicide is always an unreasonable decision, unless you face something which is literally worse than death. A lifetime in prison is not worse than death. At least you can still talk to your family. You can acquire new skills. There is the chance you get paroled early. Etc, etc.
> A lifetime in prison is not worse than death. The fuck it isn't. Or, more civilly, that is definitely a statement on which reasonable people may disagree. I'm not particularly depressed, but if I were actually sentenced to life in prison, I would check out in a hot second. There's no point. My opportunities to create joy in the world and to experience unalloyed happiness are done. The rest of my life would be nothi…
Re: Losing Aaron: Bob Swartz on MIT's role in his son's death
#211That's false. You can do a wide variety of things in prison. You can read books. You can write a book. You can hone skills. You can try to improve the lives of your fellow inmates. Hell, you could write letters to important people advocating change you believe in. Just because you can't see the opportunities that exist in prison doesn't mean they don't exist.