What they did is Darwin Awards stuff.
I'd be prepared for levity if it didn't involve the death of an innocent individual.
What they did is Darwin Awards stuff.
Where did he say 'good enough for them'? Nobody deserved to die but there was only one person in that crash who didn't go out and risk his life through idiotic actions.
It is the most tragic story one can imagine and we can all have sympathy for all the dead and their families but let's not pretend that it was simply an unfortunate accicent because it wasn't.
If you say you have no sympathy it is akin to saying you got what you deserved.
I'm not speaking for Sunny, but seeing as I seem to agree with Sunny on this, I would disagree the two are the same. For me to sympathise with individuals would imply I empathise or indeed understand their dilemma. Indeed to use the oft quoted idiom "there but for the grace of God..."
However, in this situation I don't empathise with those in the car because I cannot put myself in that situation. That doesn't mean I feel they "got what they deserved". Lack of sympathy doesn't mean I'd gloat or cheer anyone's death in such situations.
So do you or don't you feel in any way sorry for the seven lads?
8 Young men go out and knowingly do something very dangerous and highly illegal showing no regard for their lives or the lives of others or the grief and suffering they will inflict on their families and the families of those they kill. Shame on them all, most particularly the driver of the car.
Is this some sort of an emoting contest for you?
So 7 young guys decide to do something foolish one night and it results in them being killed and another man also killed. You say good enough for them?
We have all done stupid things and most of us have been lucky enough to get away with it.
So do you or don't you feel in any way sorry for the seven lads?
If you say you have no sympathy it is akin to saying you got what you deserved.
Well said.I am sorry anyone is dead. I am sorry for the families. I am even sorry in a way for the driver who will have to live with this. However, it is time we stopped treating people who speed or drink and drive and who are involved in accidents as victims. They are not. The man coming home from bingo was a victim. How are kids going to learn if we keep treating events like this as an unavoidable accident. You might it distasteful but if pointing out the stupidity of those 8 people in the one cars saves one life, then it is worth it.
I hope those 8 deaths haunt him every day for the rest of his life.
If the driver survives, it is unlikely the DPP will do anything.
You will have the families appealing for leniency pleading not to jail him.
That will be the sort of line that will be trotted out by the families and his legal team if it ever goes to court.he already has a life sentence of his own making.
That will be the sort of line that will be trotted out by the families and his legal team if it ever goes to court.
It was the exact same line the Gardaí gave me when 2 of my friends were killed by a NI registered vehicle.
That will be the sort of line that will be trotted out by the families and his legal team if it ever goes to court.
It was the exact same line the Gardaí gave me when 2 of my friends were killed by a NI registered vehicle.