Eliminating the taboo about a subject does not make people blasé to that subject, in fact it makes the subject more approachable and lets people become more involved with it, which is exactly what needs to be done. So long as suicide is occurring, society should be seeking to address its causes, because people that could contribute so much are dying for no good reason. What kind of fear, depression or shame do you think justifies the loss of a life?
I assume you haven't read the book and are judging what it has to say without even knowing what it has to say. To be honest, I don’t know what to conclude. You clearly don’t care about the lives that are being lost, but what possesses you to be disgusted that other people do care?
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