From: one-if-by-land@concord.com   
      
   "Warm Worm"  wrote in message   
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   > hartfan84@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > Should a 'suicide bridge' get a barrier?   
   >   
   > An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.   
      
   I don't think there's a cure for suicide. Yet.   
   But anyway, why should anyone else have a say in whether someone decides to   
   end their life?   
   I'll presume for this instance jumping off the bridge in question harms no   
   one else.   
   One of the links provided proof that if the barrier is installed on the   
   bridge, where harm is not done to others, the suicidist will do his/her deed   
   elsewhere and perhaps others will be harmed in the process.   
   (if a person jumps off a high building in an effort to kill theirself, but   
   instead lands on another person and kills them, but the suicidist lives,   
   will he be charged with murder?)   
      
      
   > I noticed a counselling-help sign in one of the pics, but it seems still a   
   > bandage.   
   >   
   > I get all sorts of people tell me to be careful when I rollerblade, or   
   > cringe when I go by at a power-walker's clip past them, as though some   
   > kind of collision with me is fatal.   
   > Meanwhile, they blissfully climb into their   
   > living-rooms-cum-caskets-cum-wrecking-balls-on-wheels with their kids and   
   > drive at least 100 kms per hour.   
   > We almost got hit by one that ran a red light last night waiting to turn   
   > on a yellow.   
   >   
   > I think you should let a rollerblader and then a car bump into you at   
   > their average speeds, and compare and contrast. You may find that the   
   > rollerblader doesn't hurt much, and can sometimes even feel rather   
   > pleasant, as in, "Fancy bumping into you.".   
   >   
   > I think people have a false sense of security with cars and in many coded   
   > stuff like what has been mentioned here already.   
   >   
   > I'll leave you with this:   
   >   
   > "Here in my car   
   > I feel safest of all   
   > I can lock all my doors   
   > It's the only way to live   
   > In cars   
   >   
   > Here in my car   
   > I can only receive   
   > I can listen to you   
   > It keeps me stable for nights   
   > In cars   
   >   
   > Here in my car   
   > Where the image breaks down   
   > Will you visit me please?   
   > If I open my door   
   > In cars   
   >   
   > Here in my car   
   > I know I've started to think   
   > About leaving tonight   
   > Although nothing seems right   
   > In cars"   
   >   
   > -- Gary Numan, "Cars"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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