No worries, I agree with your comment on the tone -- it does come across as cold-blooded to even think as far as lawsuits when "you might induce someone to commit suicide" is a possibility.
Just saying "someone might be unstable enough to harm themselves or others" is more than enough for most people, I hope...
I think the tone comes from the reality of so many unstable people wandering around the internet, some of them extremely obnoxious. How far does basic empathy go in the face of delusional extortionists, hate-spewing bigots, etc.? ...but still, falling back to "I should avoid doing evil even to evil-seeming people" is better than some of the alternatives.
Just saying "someone might be unstable enough to harm themselves or others" is more than enough for most people, I hope...
I think the tone comes from the reality of so many unstable people wandering around the internet, some of them extremely obnoxious. How far does basic empathy go in the face of delusional extortionists, hate-spewing bigots, etc.? ...but still, falling back to "I should avoid doing evil even to evil-seeming people" is better than some of the alternatives.