Send to a Friend

keobooks's avatar

If someone asks for bad advice, are we just supposed to give it?

Asked by keobooks (14322points) May 6th, 2013

If someone were to ask on here how to commit suicide successfully, are we supposed to just tell them how? Are we not allowed to tell them that suicide is a bad idea and they should seek help so they don’t want to do it anymore? Or are we supposed to give them only the information they asked for and shut up about our opinions on whether or not killing yourself is a good idea in the first place?

I’ve been getting frustrated by people asking questions and then getting angry when people give advice other than straight up “This is exactly what I asked. Only answer this question and shut up about everything else.”

This isn’t in response to one situation here. I’ve been involved or lurked in quite a few questions where people will get berated for saying things that are not 100% what the original asker wanted to know.

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.