Drinking and driving

Zaggeron · 09-14-2011, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue370tt

Hello all, I was hit by a drunk driver and had a massive brain injury. I spent 7 months in the hospital and 1 month in a coma. It changed my life forever and my medical bills were $7.2 million dollars.

It was his 4th DUI and he also had NO car insurance. I am lucky to be alive.

So, if you think your comment is cute...think again.....

I'm sorry about your experience but I have no idea what that has to do with the joke the OP posted. It's old and likely predates your experience. No drivers were harmed in the telling of that joke.

Blue370tt · 09-14-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaggeron

I'm sorry about your experience but I have no idea what that has to do with the joke the OP posted. It's old and likely predates your experience. No drivers were harmed in the telling of that joke.

Making fun of drinking and driving is part of WHY we have it as a problem. My accident occurred in 2007 and its irrelevant WHEN it happened. Drinking and driving is WRONG!

If you had nearly died (and was suppossed too), you would have a different opinion. Making light of it only makes others take it less seriously and then someone gets hurt or dies.

Zaggeron · 09-14-2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue370tt

Making fun of drinking and driving is part of WHY we have it as a problem. My accident occurred in 2007 and its irrelevant WHEN it happened. Drinking and driving is WRONG!

If you had nearly died (and was suppossed too), you would have a different opinion. Making light of it only makes others take it less seriously and then someone gets hurt or dies.

Did you actually read the joke or just see the thread title and see it was a joke and then get all offended?

We can all agree that drinking and driving is wrong and irresponsible. But there is no evidence that making a light-hearted joke (and the joke is light-hearted ... it doesn't even qualify as "dark humor") or laughing at one makes one more likely to do the act portrayed in the joke.

I'm truly sorry if the OP's post pushed your buttons, but we all have buttons that can be pushed -- though mostly all will not have had a life threatening experience as you have had.

This is the internet (as others has repeatedly pointed out to me) ... not a group of close friends who know about your experience and are careful to steer clear of topics sensitive to you. That said, someone wishing to post a joke can not reasonably be expected to know that there is someone in the audience who feels that strongly about the subject matter. Truly tasteless or indecent jokes are either not allowed or only allowed in appropriate sections, but this was neither. It just happened to be about a topic you are very sensitive about because of personal experience.

4r3s · 09-14-2011, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaggeron

Did you actually read the joke or just see the thread title and see it was a joke and then get all offended?

We can all agree that drinking and driving is wrong and irresponsible. But there is no evidence that making a light-hearted joke (and the joke is light-hearted ... it doesn't even qualify as "dark humor") or laughing at one makes one more likely to do the act portrayed in the joke.

I'm truly sorry if the OP's post pushed your buttons, but we all have buttons that can be pushed -- though mostly all will not have had a life threatening experience as you have had.

This is the internet (as others has repeatedly pointed out to me) ... not a group of close friends who know about your experience and are careful to steer clear of topics sensitive to you. That said, someone wishing to post a joke can not reasonably be expected to know that there is someone in the audience who feels that strongly about the subject matter. Truly tasteless or indecent jokes are either not allowed or only allowed in appropriate sections, but this was neither. It just happened to be about a topic you are very sensitive about because of personal experience.

I think rule #34 could be stretched to apply to this situation. google it if you don't know what Im talking about

Zaggeron · 09-14-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 4r3s

I think rule #34 could be stretched to apply to this situation. google it if you don't know what Im talking about

Perhaps a bit of a stretch ...

"If you post it, there is someone somewhere who will be offended by it"

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