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Copyright Natalie Dee
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Recently, due to the suicides that have occurred, the University put up fences along the bridges/gorges around campus. Sounds reasonable, right?

I thought so. That's why I was so surprised to hear that people were protesting against the fences. Why? Because it was fucking with the aesthetics of the scenery.

Are you fucking kidding me? That's like going to the doctor's for a vaccination, and then saying "Nevermind, I don't want it because it'll leave a track mark and I won't look pretty." Yes, you'll look even better dead.

People are killing themselves, and we're concerned with the scenery? Where are your priorities? Do sticks and stones mean more to you than the life of a fellow human being? For all you know, the next suicide victim might be a friend or family member.

"But I would know the signs and say something..." Bullshit. If the signs are so easy to recognize, then why do so many suicides still occur? Don't underestimate depression. It fucks you up, no matter who you are.

One columnist in the Cornell Daily Sun argued against the fences, saying that it sends the wrong message to students: jump and you get a memorial that makes everyone think of you. Are you fucking kidding me? That's the last thing that's on a suicidee's mind. And no one makes a hero out of you. If anything (and I don't mean to disrespect the memory of any of the people who've committed suicide), it makes people remember you in a worse light. I know that some people view suicide victims as weak and selfish. People don't kill themselves to get negative attention.

People here sometimes have their heads so far up their idiot asses it's amazing they're even still breathing. Of course, it's a mixed barrel of apples. You get some fluffheaded idiots who care more about their brand name rain boots, but you also get some truly deep, intelligent, and thoughtful people who open your eyes to new perspectives.

But the whole thing stinks to high heaven of idiocy, the inability to empathize, and doom in the future. If we college students, the hailed "future of the nation," are more concerned with looking at the sunset than preventing death, we're seriously fucked as a country.
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In other recent news:
-Aced my Psych of Emotion exam! I think.
-Switched to running Linux (OpenSuse 11.2) on my laptop because it died last week. Linux is fun. But also a pain in the ass. *shakes fist angrily*
-Bought two books: "God is Dead" and "I, Lucifer." They should be interesting reads.
-Two more prelims.
-I need a drink. Multiple drinks.