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Oh, so you don't know if it's 5% or 50%?
Well, whatever the percentage may be, consider the remaining people who do regret it afterwards and aren't lying about it.
So, I think this is more of a discussion of whether or not people should have the right to kill themselves rather than should safeguards be put in places where people frequently kill themselves.
Judging by the article, it looks like 40 people have survived jumping off the bridge. One of them, Kevin Hines, broke his spine doing it. He said he regretted it immediately after.
If you think people should be allowed to kill themselves, is giving them the option to jump off an iconic bridge really a good idea? We don't know how many of the people that succeeded regretted doing it, but we can safely assume that number is not 0.
Should those people have an easy and dramatic way to kill themselves, even if they will regret it when there's no going back? I don't think so. I think if people have the right to die, it should be done safely.
You said it yourself. You know people who would kill themselves if they were having a bad day/week. But what if they couldn't do it just then and had to wait a period of time, similar to getting a tattoo while drunk? Maybe the following day/week they will look back and be glad they didn't do it. Maybe not. But I think giving people the option to do it quickly and spectacularly isn't a good idea.