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"Brown, Jeremy" wrote:
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> -Caveat Lector-
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> MJ,
>
> I admit I'm quite puzzled by your post. You say that I'm afraid of
> freedom, however you have produced nothing to support that claim. What I am
> afraid of is that more people, like my friend, will die because we all sit
> by plucking daisies and turning our heads to something we can work together
> to prevent. Also, you have said that a potential is not a crime. You're
> right, but..(this may shock you)...DRUNK DRIVING IS!!!! It's illegal! You
> can't even have an open container in the car with you. That's the issue.
> And, again, I'll try and explain it to you in simple terms. I agree that if
> what you do does not harm anyone but yourself, by all means do it until you
> drop dead. That was not what I am saying. I'm saying that when your actions
> have negative impacts on those around you it becomes a problem. So please,
> everybody...stop thinking that I'm challenging freedom. I'm not! I'm only
> saying that there have been far to many good people cut down by drunk
> drivers. Something needs to be done. And, MJ, for you to even use the term
> "discrimination" in the same sentence as drunk driving is downright
> offensive.
>
> Jeremy
I believe that in the common law there was such an offense as
"reckless endangerment". If someone observed another by HIS ACTIONS
endangering others that person could be prosecuted. If a jury of his
peers decided that, in fact, he had violated other's rights by acting
recklessly he could be convicted. The rights of both the person doing
the "reckless endangerment" and those he might effect were protected.
The laws that are above mentioned are not designed in a similar way in
that the charge may or may not follow actions which indicate that the
possible offender was acting in a way which endangered others. This is
the major problem with drunk driving laws, in my opinion. However, in
the majority of instances offenders of drunk driving laws are
apprehended subsequent to actions that are indicative of recklessness.
Howard Davis
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