Talk:List of heads of state and government who took their own lives

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Latest comment: 11 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

This article should be renamed! A person cannot 'commit' suicide – it's sloppy and troubling that Wikipedia allows this! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.41.38 (talk) 18:46, April 30, 2021 (UTC)

Completely agree. Moving. Damien Linnane (talk) 07:40, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

By common English usage, they both can and do. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk):

By plain English you can make that argument. In the original sense of the word 'commit' in this context, they do not. And yes, I understand the legal term commit has effectively migrated over to plain English now, that doesn't make the term less stigmatising for some. See suicide terminology. Damien Linnane (talk) 06:49, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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