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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I wish that people would quit using the term mistake when it comes to stuff like this and rioting in Vancouver.
Its a decision, you made it, you have to live with it, or have it kill you, there's no middle ground.
A mistake is dropping your car keys in the toilet after taking a dump.
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While mostly agree with you it was a bad decision I still feel like it can be classified as a mistake. In your example using your logic you can say dropping your keys wasnt a mistake because you chose to play with your keys on the toilet. I realize it isnt exactly the same thing and ultimately hes,responsible and made some poor decisions.
Also I have a little,less sympathy because he had been pulled over before for a dui.
While it definitely is no excuse it's well known that alcohol does have a, significant impact on judgement and decision making causing you to make a decision you may not make sober. I guess that doesnt necessarily make it a mistake either though.
Now that said I have never driven drunk but everyone is different and alcohol affects everyone differently so its not as easy as saying "well i've never done it so someone else should have no problem not doing it".
I know i've done things I consider stupid and out of character for myself while drunk, things I would, consider a mistake, eithe because I did something that seemed like a good idea at the time or I didnt remember it at all. Obviously nowhere near as bad as this scenario!
Ill wait to find out if he was in fact drunk. Regardless, driving as fast as he was, was irresponsible and stupid. Adding alcohol to that equation is much worse.