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Russic · 09-21-2011, 10:45 AM

To start out, I'm not meaning to pile on Ne7en at all. A mistake was made to which he's owning up to (merely asking what to expect and what protocol is). I'm enormously sensitive to this situation, but I'm not seeing him fishing for sympathy or trying to prove his innocence. He's owned up to what he drank and asked if what he blew was a reasonable expectation. People said it was and he didn't argue that.

What I don't get is the claim that you aren't allowed to call him out for being dumb if you've ever done anything wrong in your life. I just don't get this line of reasoning and why it's so prevalent on CP. I've never driven after a single drink, but I have driven while tired and I have sent a text message while in motion. That doesn't mean I'm not allowed to voice the opinion that Ne7en made a tubo-######ed move. Just to switch it around, if I decide to take my dog to a park restricted to dogs and get a ticket for it next week, it would be totally reasonable for Ne7en to say I made a stupid decision. Stupid decisions are stupid decisions.

I've heard the "I thought I was fine" argument so many times that if you're going to drive after drinking I feel you NEED a personal rule similar to others in this thread (2 drink max for example). Even if you set the idea of hurting or killing another person aside the financial burdens alone are incredible.

09-21-2011, 10:45 AM	#95
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	To start out, I'm not meaning to pile on Ne7en at all. A mistake was made to which he's owning up to (merely asking what to expect and what protocol is). I'm enormously sensitive to this situation, but I'm not seeing him fishing for sympathy or trying to prove his innocence. He's owned up to what he drank and asked if what he blew was a reasonable expectation. People said it was and he didn't argue that. What I don't get is the claim that you aren't allowed to call him out for being dumb if you've ever done anything wrong in your life. I just don't get this line of reasoning and why it's so prevalent on CP. I've never driven after a single drink, but I have driven while tired and I have sent a text message while in motion. That doesn't mean I'm not allowed to voice the opinion that Ne7en made a tubo-######ed move. Just to switch it around, if I decide to take my dog to a park restricted to dogs and get a ticket for it next week, it would be totally reasonable for Ne7en to say I made a stupid decision. Stupid decisions are stupid decisions. I've heard the "I thought I was fine" argument so many times that if you're going to drive after drinking I feel you NEED a personal rule similar to others in this thread (2 drink max for example). Even if you set the idea of hurting or killing another person aside the financial burdens alone are incredible. Last edited by Russic; 09-21-2011 at 10:48 AM.