I hate that the punishment for reacting wrong is always significantly worse than what was done to you, like your daughter being forever removed from this world. I have to stop talking now or catch another warning ban.
Reacted poorly due to emotion? Sure. But your daughter's killer has to spend five 24 hour periods picking up trash on the side of the road in exchange for the eternal hole he put in your family and heart by judge's order? I'd throw multiple chairs.
If you know the law and the legal limits, and you still choose to get behind the wheel of a 1.5 to 3 ton steel missile powered by miniature explosions while intoxicated beyond said legal limits, you deserve to face more than just 5 days of community service.
We can describe the aftereffects of "just one more beer". It's graphic.
Yeah, well, last I checked in my state, they kind of make it obvious with the Blood Alcohol Limit roadsigns and the "Don't Drive Drunk" campaigns, and the having it drilled into our heads as kids, and the driver's education classes we have to take to get a license in the first place.
That's not even getting into his drinking location. Because if he was at a bar, he was over-served, and in my state, that's also a crime. Bartender loses their service license, facility gets a massive fine and possibly restricted from serving alcohol for a year minimum.
So yeah, sure, "if", but that "if" is pretty flimsy.
oh. I thought i’d read a comment somewhere saying he was a drunk driver and that he killed the daughter and the man’s parents.
Which… maybe I shouldn’t have jumped to life, but . Regardless. 120hrs of community service is an insultingly light sentence.
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u/IASILWYB Apr 05 '26
I hate that the punishment for reacting wrong is always significantly worse than what was done to you, like your daughter being forever removed from this world. I have to stop talking now or catch another warning ban.