That’s like saying you shouldn’t drive on your street when Joe is driving because Joe is a bad driver. It’s true that you should update and avoid driving when Joe is out. But you find that out after Joe crashes his car into you. At which point, damage has been done to your car that updating won’t fix.
If you present a depressed person with strong arguments that they should commit suicide, this is likely to cause their beliefs to change. So changing their beliefs back to their old level so that they can continue functioning as before (as opposed to killing themselves) will require work in addition to realizing they shouldn’t talk to you anymore, possibly in the form of support and hugs from other supportive people. Similarly, if your car has been damaged in an accident, it will require additional work to run again, such as replacing deformed parts. The car won’t magically start running once Joe is off the road.
That’s like saying you shouldn’t drive on your street when Joe is driving because Joe is a bad driver. It’s true that you should update and avoid driving when Joe is out. But you find that out after Joe crashes his car into you. At which point, damage has been done to your car that updating won’t fix.
Too much metaphor. What is this damage?
If you present a depressed person with strong arguments that they should commit suicide, this is likely to cause their beliefs to change. So changing their beliefs back to their old level so that they can continue functioning as before (as opposed to killing themselves) will require work in addition to realizing they shouldn’t talk to you anymore, possibly in the form of support and hugs from other supportive people. Similarly, if your car has been damaged in an accident, it will require additional work to run again, such as replacing deformed parts. The car won’t magically start running once Joe is off the road.
And who is doing that?
I think trolls.
Well, no-one is encouraging suicide here, so there are no trolls here.
Uhh. There are no trolls here, therefore trolls do not cause damage?
I dare say high-level trolls cause all sorts of damage, but what’s the relevance?