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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Out of curiousity, why does he deserve much in the way of sympathy. His is the most extreme lesson as he took someone with him.
The sympathies should be reserved for the victim and the families of both dead men.
I have nothing but contempt for someone who was pounding them back, then hopped in his car and drove like an a$$.
Sorry it may sound callous, and it is, but this was a wasteful and stupid death, and people who drink and drive and cause the deaths of others aren't sympathetic characters who made a tragic mistake, they are dirtbags who made a concious and tragic decision and others had to pay for it.
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I have an issue with the driver being a dirt bag, but the passenger being a victim.
In my younger, partying days, was much more likely to be the passenger in that situation than the driver. I usually avoided taking my car out if I was going to have more than a couple. Reflecting back, though, it was just as stupid and probably a little cowardly to take rides from friends I knew had too many. I don't really see how I was any less responsible for what might have happened to me vs the driver. I think whoever is in the car at the time is pretty much equally responsible for what happens.