Ye this is really bad. From you're own perspective though I wouldn't worry about going over there, probability is heavily with you. Idk how securely probability is on the side of the other permanent residents. If you could get them to do this, then get them to put smoke detectors in his room, or if he won't allow that then advise them to get smoke detectors in the hallway directly outside his room, so at least everyone else will be saved.
Ok. There is a smoke detector there but it's not by his room, he should definitely move it to there. I'm sure that he's cared about whether he sets it off or not, but he better start caring about the smoke detector.
If the brother is as messed up as what you say suggests, then your friend should make it a habit to keep an eye on the smoke alarm. I wouldn't put it past the brother to remove the battery so his games aren't disturbed.
It seems to me that the bottom line of all this is that you've done what you can to point out the dangers to your friend. That's your only moral duty as a friend. It's not your responsibility to deal with the brother's problems, and you can't force your friend to act.
The only thing that would alter this is if the two men are living in a building with other occupants. If that is the case and I was in your position, I'd make an anonymous suggestion to the landlord that he do an inspection of the apartment and its furnishings. That might end up with the two of them being evicted, but I wouldn't want to live with knowing I'd seen a disaster coming and did nothing about it.
Your friend's brother has the right to kill himself by his idiotic actions and your friend has the right to ignore his brother's dangerous behaviour if he wishes to do, but any other people who might be affected by those actions have the right to know that they're at risk.
Oh wow ye I didn't think about him removing the batteries. I think there might be smoke detectors that maybe you can't remove the batteries from without obviously breaking it
Exactly. No, they're in a house, not an apartment building, but like I said, I'm worried about my friend. However, he is a grown man so he needs to be the one now to do something.
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Ye this is really bad. From you're own perspective though I wouldn't worry about going over there, probability is heavily with you. Idk how securely probability is on the side of the other permanent residents. If you could get them to do this, then get them to put smoke detectors in his room, or if he won't allow that then advise them to get smoke detectors in the hallway directly outside his room, so at least everyone else will be saved.
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Ok. There is a smoke detector there but it's not by his room, he should definitely move it to there. I'm sure that he's cared about whether he sets it off or not, but he better start caring about the smoke detector.
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If the brother is as messed up as what you say suggests, then your friend should make it a habit to keep an eye on the smoke alarm. I wouldn't put it past the brother to remove the battery so his games aren't disturbed.
It seems to me that the bottom line of all this is that you've done what you can to point out the dangers to your friend. That's your only moral duty as a friend. It's not your responsibility to deal with the brother's problems, and you can't force your friend to act.
The only thing that would alter this is if the two men are living in a building with other occupants. If that is the case and I was in your position, I'd make an anonymous suggestion to the landlord that he do an inspection of the apartment and its furnishings. That might end up with the two of them being evicted, but I wouldn't want to live with knowing I'd seen a disaster coming and did nothing about it.
Your friend's brother has the right to kill himself by his idiotic actions and your friend has the right to ignore his brother's dangerous behaviour if he wishes to do, but any other people who might be affected by those actions have the right to know that they're at risk.
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Oh wow ye I didn't think about him removing the batteries. I think there might be smoke detectors that maybe you can't remove the batteries from without obviously breaking it
Exactly. No, they're in a house, not an apartment building, but like I said, I'm worried about my friend. However, he is a grown man so he needs to be the one now to do something.