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More fodder, similar topic(was: Re: Driver humiliated)
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Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:53:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney wrote:
> I don't normally start topics in o-t.d, but seeing that this article caught my
> interest I thought I would. Plus, it may divert attention away from other
> discussions.
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> Driver humiliated by Texas judge:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3670578.stm
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> My thoughts? If this becomes common practice and it will effectively decrease
> the incidents of reckless driving (a growing problem, from my observations), I'm
> all for it. This in the same vein to punishing shoplifters by making them stand
> on streetcorners wearing signs that tell passersby what offense(s) they've
> committed. Not only does it humiliate the offender, it serves as a warning to
> all who encounter them not to commit a similar crime lest that become their fate
> also.
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> -Tim
I ran into this BBC article this evening:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3721878.stm
Is it right to hold people responsible for not stopping someone drunk from
getting behind the wheel? Five years prison each for this?
I really could go either way. Again, I'm not very up on modern disciplinary
thought, though it seems a few people here are and will have more well-reasoned
opinions than I will.
What are the social implications of this? I express concern when I'm around
people who have been drinking a bit much and they go to drive, but there's an
aura of 'mind your own business' going on and I'm reluctant to force the
issue--ultimately I see them as responsible for their own actions. The flipside
being, if I'm on the road and there's a drunk who someone didn't stop and they
injure/kill *me* or someone I love, I'd see it the other way.
Thoughts?
-Tim
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