Why bother?

[phrodeau]

Go ahead and tell us about that. It might change my opinion of the wisdom in the initial $76 million expenditure of tax dollars.

A body is seen falling from the bridge. What do you want to do about it?

Is he still alive? Who will recover his body? Who will get him to a hospital? Who can identify him? Who pays for his medical care?

What led to his fall? Was he pushed or coerced into it? Was he still alive before he fell off? Who pays for an autopsy? Who pays for the criminal investigation? How do you dust a bridge for fingerprints?

Who digs his grave? Who boxes him up? Who tracks down next of kin? Who cleans up his estate?

 

[Saint Peter]

Who is going to fix my moped??

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Dear Privileged Assholes Who Are Living Fat On Your Asses With Three Squares A Day And Think You'll Be Here Forever Because Of The Internet,

People jump from bridges to murk themselves for whatever reason because it's accessible and expedient.

Take away the accessibility and expediency and the problem is reduced. Not solved, not gone, but REDUCED.

That is ALL it's about. Bada bing, bada boom.

If the lives of human beings you don't know and don't give a fuck about don't matter to you, then you will not miss a fucking penny of this money. Because you ain't seeing this money. Because we, as a nation, kill people you don't know and don't give a fuck about every day with even MORE money that you will never, ever see.

Enda story.

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[Dream59]

I sit on my fat ass all day, eat three squares a day, and do as much as my income will allow because I earned it and I do not and will not apologize for it. The only way to make sure everyone can do it is to divide all income evenly no matter what someone has earned. As for this topic. If someone wants to kill them selves then putting a net on one bridge is not going to stop them and it is lunacy to think it will. This money would probably save more lives if used differently, as in better mental health care, Ebola, AIDS, or cancer research. But that was not the thread topic. This 76 million will probably not save 10 people a year and when you add the initial cost with the cost of upkeep it is a pie in the sky waste of money that could do more good elsewhere.

 

[Dream59]

A body is seen falling from the bridge. What do you want to do about it?

Is he still alive? Who will recover his body? Who will get him to a hospital? Who can identify him? Who pays for his medical care?

What led to his fall? Was he pushed or coerced into it? Was he still alive before he fell off? Who pays for an autopsy? Who pays for the criminal investigation? How do you dust a bridge for fingerprints?

Who digs his grave? Who boxes him up? Who tracks down next of kin? Who cleans up his estate?

People that are already being paid to do all of this whether there is anyone to do it for or not.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I sit on my fat ass all day, eat three squares a day, and do as much as my income will allow because I earned it and I do not and will not apologize for it. The only way to make sure everyone can do it is to divide all income evenly no matter what someone has earned. As for this topic. If someone wants to kill them selves then putting a net on one bridge is not going to stop them and it is lunacy to think it will. This money would probably save more lives if used differently, as in better mental health care, Ebola, AIDS, or cancer research. But that was not the thread topic. This 76 million will probably not save 10 people a year and when you add the initial cost with the cost of upkeep it is a pie in the sky waste of money that could do more good elsewhere.

Yes, people will still be killing themselves. They'll ALWAYS be killing themselves.

But NOW they'll be loathe to do it on the bridge and tying up fucking traffic and inconveniencing you fat asses driving into work for your fucking three squares a day.

And no, the money wouldn't be going elsewhere to do any good because fat privileged assholes who eat three squares with their hand on the button think that social services are a waste of money so those services NEVER see this kind of coin. If it were that easy and simple and prudent, we'd be doing it that way already.

You ain't seeing the money and next month you will be bitching about something else. That's the way humans are. Selfish and fickle to the end. Deal with it.

 

[phrodeau]

People that are already being paid to do all of this whether there is anyone to do it for or not.

Oh, they dust for fingerprints everywhere, just to keep in practice.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I sit on my fat ass all day, eat three squares a day, and do as much as my income will allow because I earned it and I do not and will not apologize for it. The only way to make sure everyone can do it is to divide all income evenly no matter what someone has earned. As for this topic. If someone wants to kill them selves then putting a net on one bridge is not going to stop them and it is lunacy to think it will. This money would probably save more lives if used differently, as in better mental health care, Ebola, AIDS, or cancer research. But that was not the thread topic. This 76 million will probably not save 10 people a year and when you add the initial cost with the cost of upkeep it is a pie in the sky waste of money that could do more good elsewhere.

Research says no.

 

[Dream59]

Research says no.

Research says no what?

 

[Dream59]

Yes, people will still be killing themselves. They'll ALWAYS be killing themselves.

But NOW they'll be loathe to do it on the bridge and tying up fucking traffic and inconveniencing you fat asses driving into work for your fucking three squares a day.

And no, the money wouldn't be going elsewhere to do any good because fat privileged assholes who eat three squares with their hand on the button think that social services are a waste of money so those services NEVER see this kind of coin. If it were that easy and simple and prudent, we'd be doing it that way already.

You ain't seeing the money and next month you will be bitching about something else. That's the way humans are. Selfish and fickle to the end. Deal with it.

So you are not for it because it will save lives, you are for it because it will prevent traffic being tied up on the bridge. Speaking of selfish.

Besides I did not say that the money would be spent that way. I said it would be BETTER spent that way.