Suicide is Painless?

I was walking across the Golden Gate bridge last week when I remembered an article I just read about a proposed suicide prevention net that would be attached beneath the walkways.

The proponents of the idea say the net will cut down on impulse jumpers. The opponents say that if someone wants to die, they'll just climb over the net.

I say replace the net with something that eliminates all possibility of a romanticized, fast and easy death in the first place.

Like a bed of nails (like the ones that prevent pigeons from landing on top of signs), a fire or an alligator/killer shark pit.

Yes, perhaps a twinge sinister.

But I guarantee I'd think twice.