Drunk Drivers

Originally Posted by Margies3

Night before last a drunk driver got in his truck, drove the wrong way on the interstate and killed 5 people, including 4 children here in Toledo. This family was from Maryland. It's all over the news here. Very sad.

This guy will without a doubt spend time in prison for this. I really feel like this is the right thing. But at the same time, there is a part of me that wants to say that he didn't do what he did maliciously. He has a terrible disease - alcoholism. Should he pay for his crime? Absolutely? But should he pay for it mixed in with hardened criminals? Is that serving any good purpose? I don't know.

What do you all think?

Margie your kind heart....you have compassion, but I think its in the wrong place....the person choose to drink and then climb into a 5000 pound weapon....those people he hit will never recover from what has happened. I think when people drink and drive they need to be locked up for a long time and then it should be mandatory that they NEVER drive again, and that they must take medication that will make them violently ill if they do drink for the rest of their lives....Sister thousands of people die every year, and are seriously injured to drunk driving...as to it being a desease.....they didn't catch it or come down with it the choose to drink....addicted or not...he killed innocent people...

PS...sorry I don't have a lot of compassion for drunk drivers.....really I don't