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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The drunk driving apologist who seems intent on telling us it’s not unusual for teens to drive almost 3 times the speed limit while under the influence on a residential road in Arlington, and also that there was no reason for the driver to expect it to cause a fatal accident, … do you really believe this? I’m being serious.  The level of speed we’re talking about here is the guy flying past you in the passing lane on 95.  It’s the speed of a police cruiser in a car chase. Nothing even remotely normal. The concept of drunk driving being fatal is a pervasive message in our society, yet you are telling us this kid was just like, hey, never saw that consequence coming. Who could have guessed? I mean who among us hasn’t gone 90 on a residential road in the middle of the night while drunk and high.  We do it all the time and it’s fine. Give me a break.[/quote]

Correct, I don’t think this kid thought about the consequences.

And, no, his behavior was not “fine”.  :roll: [/quote]

He may not have thought about the consequences, but that makes it worse not better. I’m not quibbling about legal standards here. I’m just talking about basic common sense information a 17 year old is equipped with, and basic judgment calls every 17 year old is faced with every day he gets behind a wheel or considers taking a drink. There is nothing normal about what happened, and trying to put it all to rest by framing it under legal intent standards that absolve him of certain legal culpability because he didn’t directly set out to kill another person changes nothing.  He made choices that we all know - including him - can cause a fatal accident. The law may draw a line in the sand keeping him out of jail because he didn’t set out to kill, but his reckless indifference to the consequences of his actions have left a deep wound in this community, and [b]it’s unrealistic to expect the community to just shrug off the lack of serious penalty, even if the laws were all properly applied, because it really does not feel like justice was served[/b].[/quote]

There you go. That is the constructive, rational discussion that our community should have. 
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