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Thread #86391   Message #1607517
Posted By: LilyFestre
17-Nov-05 - 04:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Blood alcohol level & effects
Subject: RE: BS: Blood alcohol level & effects
His first punishment was a fine?!?!?!?! He killed someone and only had to pay a fine?!?!?!?!   I know it happens....plenty...but it still is incredulous to me. I think that even taking his license is not enough. A person who gets behind the wheel after drinking and is caught should lose his license, IMMEDIATELY. How do they get home? Call a cab, walk, thumb a ride, call mommy or daddy...sleep it off under a tree....just get off the damn road. The person who injures someone while drinking and driving should go directly to jail...no questions asked. The person who decided to drink alcohol and get behind the wheel of a car and then takes someone else's life deserves a very long jail sentence IMO. I don't think it's any different if someone takes out a knife and stabs someone to death or if they drink and get behind the wheel of a car and kills someone...both were controllable (is that even a word?) situations and the person on the receiving end will never get a second chance.

Sorry Bobert, I agree with LTS...some things just aren't funny.

Michelle