[mbillie1]

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How is anybody ever responsible for the actions of someone else (not speaking legally)? If you make fun of a poor person and call them dirty and make fun of their raggedy clothes, are you responsible for them consquently robbing a dept store?

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Yes.

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Or if you make fun of a depressed person and call them worthless and make fun of their boring life, are you responsible for them consequently ending their own life?

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Yes.

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But you can't be held morally responsible for the actions of others, which are completely out of your control.

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No, they're not, as you already pointed out. Not making fun of depressed people is entirely in your control.

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ehhh this is not teneble ground you're arguing from... you're arbitrarily locating the onus of responsibility for all behavior in the person you're deeming "responsible" ... not making fun of depressed people is under your control, but suicide is also under the control of a depressed person... you're just deciding that X causes Y in terms of human behavior, without justification