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10-10-2008, 10:22 PM
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$50 Million so people will kill themselves elsewhere:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/17621359/detail.html
Is it just me or does it seem a little crazy that they are going to spend $50 million dollars to build a net system on the Golden Gate Bridge. As if that's going to stop people from trying to kill themselves. Okay, here's a thought. Jump from the Golden Gate Bridge but bring some scissors. That way if you get caught in the net, you can just cut a hole out. But seriously, the bridge is not the reason people commit suicide, it's just a location for doing it in a grandiose manner. The people are still suicidal and are still going to kill themselves.. Their just going to find a different place to do it. 
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10-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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No, it's not just you. What a waste of money. Pffffft...
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10-10-2008, 10:28 PM
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Actually it is expected that the net will bring the suicide rate on the
bridge to zero. Seems to me that if it will accomplish that then it will be worth it....  Quote:
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10-10-2008, 10:34 PM
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Surely you realize that the people who might potentially kill themselves from the GGB are still going to find a way to do the deed. The net is not going to prevent SUICIDE.. It's only going to prevent the SUICIDE from happening on the bridge. And personally, I've unfortunately had the experience of having a friend who lost his dad to suicide. I promise you, it's better to jump off the bridge than have your children have to clean up the garage from a self inflicted GSW to the head. And whilst I would like to think that the net will prevent suicide, it will not. It will only prevent suicide from happening on the bridge. Just as closing a restroom to the public does not keep people from peeing. A net on a bridge will not prevent people from taking their own lives.
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10-10-2008, 10:38 PM
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10-10-2008, 10:46 PM
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$50 Million dollars ! I understand the whole PR thing. Can't they just put signs up: Please don't kill yourself from the bridge, it causes traffic tie-ups. Or how about instead, SF spend $20 million to upgrade their suicide hotline services...
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10-10-2008, 10:49 PM
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So let me be clear.
To you It's all about the money.  Quote:
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10-10-2008, 10:53 PM
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I have a better idea... Why not put armed guards every 100 yards (It would be cheaper) and if they see someone attempting suicide, they should SHOOT THEM DEAD for breaking the trespassing and disorderly conduct laws.. That would create more jobs and there would be less suicide on the bridge. Unless you consider death by cop (security guard) a form of suicide, which in another debate... Or maybe, we can install trampoline boats at the bottom of the bridge.. So when people jump, they get impaled by the bridge, thus causing an "accidental death" as opposed to a blatant suicide jumper.
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10-12-2008, 08:39 PM
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People jumping from a bridge to kill themselves tend to get more press than those who shoot themselves in the garage. I don't know if the authorities care so much about the suicides. I think they care more about keeping it out of the newspaper.
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