On 20 Jul 2002 at 18:19, Dr Sebby wrote:
> ...a good point to bring up. if i were to get in an accident while driving
> drunk, it would be like any other accident i would get in that would be my
> fault, basically a small fender bender...changing lanes into another
> car(doubtful since i dont do it when drinking) or maybe hitting the car in
> front of me or a parked car while going about 5mph. death usually results
> from either a full speed head on or running a light/stop sign which i never
> even come close to when drinking because im aware of the diminished focus so
> i compensate. i've actually come quite close to running a few red lights
> whilst sober due to distractions which i allow myself due to my "sober"
> state. we as people love absolutes...it makes things so easy. but the fact
> is people and alcohol involve an extremely wide array of options. to
> pretend that it makes some condemnable potential murderer is really absurd.
> those people are a specific type and they always have an incident within a
> few years of driving. this is my most crucial point in this. and i tire of
> restating it for everyone that keeps bulking "drunk drivers" as one,
> regardless if it's an experienced drinker with a good reaction and 5 or 6
> beers in him, or a clinical alcohol sociopath that has 2 shots and just
> doesnt give a fuck and wont recall a thing the next morning and will proceed
> drinking as long as there is alcohol around. it's like night and day.
>
> drsebby.
>
There were quite a few times that I drove drunker than when I was
caught, and made it to my destination without detection, but it's a
russian roulette game I choose not to play any more. The revolver is
not just pointed at my own head.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: joedees@bellsouth.net
> Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: virus: Danger, Will Robinson!
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:28:00 -0500
>
> Since one IS oneself, one should OWN oneself, and be allowed to
> endanger oneself however one sees fit, with any drug one chooses to
> imbibe, or in any other manner one decides to choose (up to and
> including suicide - I am in favor of the death penalty for failed suicides
> who still wish to die after a failed attempt ;~). However, we have left
> psychology and entered sociology when we speak of driving drunk (or
> however impaired) on a public road; in such cases, one does NOT own
> another, so one does not have the right to endanger another, and when
> one does so and is discovered, ethically, one should pay the social
> price (this from a two-time - 18 1/2 years apart - DWI convictee). I now
> drive sober and drink at home or where I have made designated driver
> plans. I am overjoyed that I never had a DWI accident, for I would have
> to live the rest of my life with the knowledge that I thoughtlessly and
> cavalierly injured or killed an innocent other. Florida DWI laws are
> rough, but not nearly as rough as living with that horror haunting you
> until you die.
>
>
>
>
> DrSebby.
> "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
>
>
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