Suicide Magnets

It's weird how there are points on the earth where suicide becomes unusually frequent. I'd like to see some kind of over-head chart depicting this.

Aokigaharao, Japan

Its popularity for suicides is due in some part to the novel Kuroi Jukai (黒い樹海, lit. Black Sea of Trees^?), which ends with the lovers of the novel committing suicide in the forest. Since the 1950s, more than 500 people have lost their lives in the forest, mostly suicides,^[3] with approximately 30 counted yearly.^[4] In 2002, 78 bodies were found within the forest, replacing the previous record of 73 in 1998.^[5] The high rate of suicide has led officials to place signs in the forest, urging those who have gone there in order to commit suicide to seek help and not kill themselves. The annual search, consisting of a small army of police, volunteers and attendant journalists, began in 1970.^[6]

 

Is it impolite to compare the Japanese to lemmings?

 

 

 

 

 No, not like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Japanese people are cute like lemmings.

 

 

 

 

The Luminous Veil, Toronto

Main article: Luminous Veil

Designed by architect Derek Revington and engineers at Halcrow Yolles, and completed in 2003 at the cost of C$5.5 million^[6], the Luminous Veil consists of over 9,000 steel rods, 12.7 cm apart and 5m high, stretched to cantilevered girders to function as a suicide barrier.^[7] At the same time as the construction of the Luminous Veil, the bridge also underwent a renovation with the water proofing and concrete deteriorations being replaced. While awaiting approval of the barrier and during construction, which was subject to numerous delays, 48 to 60 suicides took place at the bridge.^[6][7] It received the 1999 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.<sup>[8]


Um, yeah, thanks Wikipedia.</sup>




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^{And now, here are some "Christian Pick-Up Lines"}



21. "i sacrifice my sunday mornings to look after the creche group. its tough... but i love children."

22. "is this the transfiguration.. because you are glowing"

23. "i have a job and im willing to move out of home."

24. "mark driscoll takes up 35% of my ipod memory."

25. "hey.. i would work 7 years for your sister.. but i would work 7 more years for you."

26. "im kind of a big deal at Koorong"

27. "hey good-looking, Ecclesiastes 4:11..."

28. "absolutely. i often throw clothes into the samaritan bin."

29. "bible-gateway happens to be my homepage."

30. "im a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am."

31. "marry me."

32. "can I buy you a non-alcoholic beverage?"

33. "i have many sponsor children. one in each developing nation."

34. " im one of the fortunate ones..greek and hebrew come pretty easily to me."

35. "my favourite species of vegetation is the church plant."

36. "did i just have mud rubbed in my eyes?"

37. "what's an xbox?"

38. "now i know why Solomon had 700 wives... Because he never met you."




How dumb can you dumb?!