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Old 09-06-2004, 11:53 AM   #14
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by triestemoi
This story has haunted me for the last few days. I can but still can't imagine it happening. I have such conflicting feelings about the whole situation. Is the driver a blithering idiot for driving so drunk he killed his best friend so therefore he should have the book thrown at him? Or does he deserve compassion for the loss of his friend in such tragic circumstances? Is anyone else really torn over this?
They should take away his driver's licence for DUI and then send him to old sparky for such a willful disregard of the lives of himself and others that it cost someone their life.

The victims are the family of the headless guy because they lost a family member and the family of the guy who did it because he should be punished for doing it.

As a side note, the headless guy is at least partially responsible for what happened because he drank that much, let his friend drink that much, and still got in the truck with him.

This isn't a complicated situation.
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