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0 pointsphilwelch12y ago0 comments

I don't think they're responsible for his suicide himself. They're responsible for putting him in a miserable situation where he likely had no other escape, but their responsibility would not be diminished had Turing chosen to suffer through it.

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riggins12y ago

I find that to be a weird nitpick. Most people would say the state that's responsible for his miserable situation is also responsible for his suicide to some degree.

Furthermore, IMO, this thread probably isn't the place to pursue your jihad about the semantics of the word responsibility.

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