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Hacking Suicide

published on 2023-04-14 19:06:51 UTC by Bruce Schneier
Content:

Here’s a religious hack:

You want to commit suicide, but it’s a mortal sin: your soul goes straight to hell, forever. So what you do is murder someone. That will get you executed, but if you confess your sins to a priest beforehand you avoid hell. Problem solved.

This was actually a problem in the 17th and 18th centuries in Northern Europe, particularly Denmark. And it remained a problem until capital punishment was abolished for murder.

It’s a clever hack. I didn’t learn about it in time to put it in my book, A Hacker’s Mind, but I have several other good hacks of religious rules.

Article: Hacking Suicide - published about 1 year ago.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/04/hacking-suicide.html   
Published: 2023 04 14 19:06:51
Received: 2023 04 14 19:22:30
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
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