"world's most popular suicide destination"

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is the unofficial holder of this rather ominous distinction. At the SF Film Festival this week, one of the feature films, "The Bridge", examines why the GGB is so popular among the suicidal. When it comes to ending one's life, I've always agreed with Bill Maher who is "for assisted suicides... for regular suicide ... for anything that gets the freeway moving." But I'm not pro-suicides, I'm just pro-choice. I'm thankful the bridge authorities haven't given into the demands of those who like ugly barriers such as those on the Empire State Building. Anyway, in this documentary, 22 suicides were captured over the course of one year (several others were stopped by the film makers), and interviews with the victim's family and friends were conducted. I've always been fascinated by the psychology behind the motivation to die and I can't wait till this is available on Netflix. I hope this film will raise suicide awareness so people will take care of the mentally ill better, instead of ignoring and pushing them to their unfortunate ends. Maybe we'll even see fewer jumps in the future.