“A Prohibition So Divine…”

A couple of weeks ago, Microkhan delved into the apparent link between literacy and suicide—the more literate a nation’s population, it appears, the likelier it is to have a high suicide rate. This theory might explain in part why so many post-Soviet nations have serious suicide problems—their citizens are well-educated, but also struggling economically (at least compared to the West).

A commenter on the post, however, had a different take, which merits addressing:

How about the legacy of the erad