RE: You're not allowed to end it all. Ever.
June 29, 2014 at 2:21 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2014 at 2:25 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(June 29, 2014 at 2:10 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: My issue with this is that our society does not sufficiently fund mental health treatment and outreach. If our elected leaders are going to fund preventative measures and then give themselves a pat on the back for "doing something", and then NOT address the underlying problem, then we've done a real disservice to people who need help - and taken a substantial amount of money away that could have been used to fund treatment and outreach that would be more effective. It's not exactly a zero-sum game, but there are limits to funds available for public spending.
You're right.
I take incredible umbrage with the doomsayers here, as the campaign for a barrier on the bridge is decades old. Had it been a recent phenomena, Napoleons point would be spot on.
After decades of campaigning, uncounted suicides, we finally get something...
And everyone suddenly becomes a magical fiscal conservative.
The bridge made public suicide tidy and acceptable. Out of sight, out of mind.
People will have to find another way now.
They will be messy.
Hopefully messy enough to force the public to lobby for mental health, lobby for a more fair society.
Suicide off the Golden Gate Bridge appears peaceful when the impact is anything but.
It is a lie that promises the suicidal death with relative anonymity but is more approximate to jumping off a building. Unlike a building, survivors face drowning while suffering from paralysis. Many will die more slowly than splattering off of a very tall building.
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