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Brown Sauce
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 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:36 am Post subject: Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper charged over M6 crash |
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I haven't had a drink and driven since about 1984. I figured that I could pay the fine, that could do the time, just about, but could not forgive myself if anyone was seriously hurt. Whilst I do naturally feel sorry for the mother and father, I have feelings for the idiot too ... |
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faceless
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| I don't care much for him at all - "rich guy kills kids" is never going to get sympathy from me, and the fact he had no insurance is even worse. |
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Skylace
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't have much feeling for him either. He is the one who made the choice to drink and drive and not have insurance for his car. He has to live with himself for the rest of his life now, knowing that his stupid choice killed two innocent children. Which is fine by me. |
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luke
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Location: by the sea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i agree with faceless and skylace, i don't have much sympathy for someone choosing to drink and then drive |
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Brown Sauce
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I can understand a lack of feeling. But my view comes from someone who at his age did drink and drive. It wasn't so long after Mungo Jerry sang about having a drink and a drive. Things might have changed insofar as society's general attitude and that's great, but at his age I wasn't rich, it wasn't a range rover, but until I came to my conclusion it could've been me. |
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faceless
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I see your point, but 25 years ago drink-driving wasn't as socially unacceptable. As an example of how things have changed, a couple of years back I saw passers-by drag a drunk driver from his car and hold him for the police. He'd not crashed or anything, but it was obvious he'd be putting people at risk... |
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Brown Sauce
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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And I'd say that that's fair enough. When I'm doin' the white van man bit I'm sure that I see drunks behind the wheel and wonder should I grass 'em up, I haven't yet.
I also think that being paid a few grands a week can turn anyones head, be that as it may, I'm 51 years old and can honestly say that in this life I've done nothing that I regret, this young man already can't say so, and has to live with this absolute foolish idiocy for the test of his. That's why I feel sorry for him.
Had I been the magistrate btw, he wouldn't have got bail ... |
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