They shoot horses, don't they?

Lisbon, subway station, a few years ago: a guy jumps in front of an incoming train. Train comes to a halt faster than it was supposed, emergency brakes don’t stop the train before it runs over the jumper, although the quick stop ends up causing some bruises on passengers of the said train. When the train back up, the jumper is in the ditch between tracks, alive, with a broken arm. He missed the train front, the rails and the electrified third rail. Everybody shouts at that idiot: passengers who got hurt, passengers who have to wait a lot longer for their train, everybody laughs at him too.

Montijo (across the river from Lisbon), a few years ago: a guy jumps off the new bridge over the Tagus river. He jumps from the lowest part of the bridge over some muddy marches. Gets stuck waist deep in the mud, the fire department takes almost an entire morning to manage to pull him out, the fact that he wasn’t helping and even tried to bite some of the rescuers had some weight on it. TV was a lot faster getting there than the rescuers getting him out, during that morning people all over laughed about the idiot who jumped feet first from a second store height into mud.

Ponte 25 de Abril (between Lisbon and Almada), also a few years ago: A guy spray paints the words “Amo-te Marisa” (I love you Marisa) all over his car. He stops his car on the bridge, jumps off and gets stuck on the bridge’s cables. After being taken to the hospital he tries to run away towards the bridge again. The hospital is just across the bridge, but he falls breaking a foot while trying to go back to his jumping spot.

Laranjeiro (suburb near Almada), yada, yada: A guy who has drinking problems, gambling problems and whose wife cheats him time and again decides to put an end to his own misery by means of a firegun. He takes two shots at his own head, not one but two shots. He is taken to the hospital, he survives albeit blind. His wife and her lover take care of him, adding insult to injury.

Near Beja, yesterday: A teenager tries to hang himself from his balcony with a rope so thin you could break it with your hands. The guy ends up naked and all messed up, both legs broken, until finally after an entire day someone else arrives home and finds him. The doctor said every visit shouted at him.

Now… by principle I am against suicide. On the other hand I am in favor of euthanasia, inconsistent has that may seem.
Don’t get me wrong. I can understand some people have valid reasons to want to die.
I can also understand some people take a coward escape by killing themselves, although I can’t agree with that. Last but not least, some people have mental problems and need help.
But when I think about these poor losers, people who not only can’t put an end to their misery but who also end up being laughed at while trying, I guess I should completely review my stand on suicide.
There are cases of people who "try" to commit suicide only to get some attention, although they don't really want to die. But not these ones, these were people really trying to end it all.
These people deserved a suicide helpdesk, someone to tell them how to put an end to their misery without further humiliation.