I know that they were, but they are not responsible for anyone’s suicide.
Only the person who commits suicide is respnisbile for suicide.
the says otherwise.
(see also “fighting words”)
One of Aesop's fables tells of a crow that comes across a partially filled pitcher. The crow can't reach the water with his beak, so he collects pebbles and drops them in until it raises the water level so that he can reach it. No single pebble made it possible for the crow to drink, but rather the accumulation of many pebbles.
A few years back, my folks told me that a kid I'd gone to school with from first grade through 12th had killed himself. He had never been a "popular" kid, he was kind of portly and not in the least athletically inclined. He got picked on a lot, and much to my shame and regret, I participated in that to a certain degree in elementary school until one time my parents found out and drove me to his house to apologize.
In any case, I left home and he stayed in our hometown where he reported and wrote for the local paper. I never saw him after HS graduation, and never even really thought about him until about 20 years later when I was speaking with my parents over the phone and they told me that he had killed himself.
I knew I wasn't "responsible," and that he had made the decision all by himself, but I couldn't help but wonder if my words and actions many years back hadn't been one of those "pebbles" that, along with many others, somehow contributed to his reaching the point where he felt killing himself was his best decision.
The DJ's in this story may or may not be held legally responsible for the nurse's death, but on a moral plane, I would submit that they have at least a small degree of culpability.