Nanny state

[profpr]

 
Интересная карта распределения количества попыток самоубийства по длине моста Золотые Ворота в Сан Франциско (полный размер здесь). Люди явно предпочитают в последние минуты жизни смотреть на город, а не на океан. Как пишут у Сулливана, есть городской план установки защитного барьера, препятствующего самоубийствам - но пока нет $50 миллионов на его финансирование. Это и есть nanny state?

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[jnuk.livejournal.com]

A tough looking group of bikers were riding over the Golden Gate when they saw a woman about to jump off the bridge, so they stopped.

The leader, George, a big burly man of 53, gets off his bike, walks through the gawkers, past the State Trooper, and says, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to commit suicide," she says.

While he didn’t want to appear "sensitive," he didn't want to miss a be-a-legend opportunity either, so he asked ... "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a kiss?"

So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing and did just that ... And it was a long, deep, lingering kiss, followed immediately by another one.

After she's finished, George gets approval from his group, the onlookers, and even the State Trooper. Then he says, "Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had, Honey! That's a real talent you are wasting, Sugar Shorts. You could be famous if you rode with me. Why are you committing suicide?"

She replied, "My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl"...

[zloradskij.livejournal.com]

:))))))))))))

[profpr.livejournal.com]

And the City want to ruin such an attraction! What a waste! Oh those cry-me-a-river liberals. I say: instead of wasting taxpayers' money establish a concession to sell ropes, bricks, and suicide watcher permits - you will get new jobs that will never be outsourced to China.

[jnuk.livejournal.com]

Don't forget street vendors, or I should say bridge vendors. Hot dogs and Chines take-a-way would go along nicely with the spectacle.