# Why is ' Why is assisted suicide for mental illness controversial?' controversial? {It Wasn't, it was a Trock Thread}

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See:

> [@Is there a topic ban on threads about suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-topic-ban-on-threads-about-suicide/963083/5):
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> I don’t think we should allow encouragement of suicide. Within memory we had a discussion on the topic of legalizing suicide, ~Max

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