Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A The wounds that can't be stitched up
He is an alcoholic. He has had numerous DUI charges and he is still driving. Is there no legal action to deal with this? The fact that no one died keeps him out of jail and able to drive. His audacity to continue to drink and drive and crash, however, should make up for that fact. He is a danger behind the wheel, an impending vehicular manslaughter. The 'he', the man in The Wounds That Can't Be Stitched Up who hit Russell's family when she was 17, is not the only repeated offender of DUI or DWI who is only temporarily punished in consequences not severe enough for the crime committed. Allowing people to have second and third chances to repent for the mistakes they make is understandable and human nature, but with something as grave as drunk driving, those chances should be given sparingly and with heavy punishment. An individual who time and time again inhibits his or her mental state and then attempts to operate machinery as dangerous as a car does not deserve to repent if they are constantly repeating the mistake without learning anything. Individuals like that are nothing but a danger to bystanders who become victims, a danger that has the ability to take advantage of the leniency of the law and law enforcers. By allowing those offenders to get off so easily, by only implementing true punishment when someone dies, we are allowing for these tragic incidents to continue to happen.
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