I'm in no way condoning it. I just think the sentence is a little harsh for the "crime". I feel for all of you who have lost loved ones due to drunken driving, I'm only arguing from a philosophical viewpoint of mine, not trying to cause any crazy emotions.
I just think that someone shouldn't be punished until they actually hurt someone, of course alot of others disagree and I understand the reasoning behind it. It totally makes sense to me, so don't think I'm against it like that.
I'm just more into letting people do what they want until they hurt someone, because as soon as you cross the line into punishing people because you "think they might eventually hurt someone", or whatever, you get into giving the government too much power to control your lives, and all they have to do is justify it by scaring you.
Take the terrorism laws for instance. Because any of us might be terrorists, they can tap your phones, snatch you up in the middle of the night from your home, search your property without a warrant, and basically ignore the bill of rights, because there's a chance that a terrorist might use the bill of rights as a way to get off a terrorist attack. To me, it seems like an excuse to give the government more power, and take away our rights. Others genuinely would give up those rights for the chance that a terrorist gets caught. It's just a matter of what's more important to you. I value personal rights more than that tiny bit of extra security. Others completely trust our government, and would give up personal rights for that added bit of security.
Anyways, off on a tangent again lol. Apologies to those I upset, just sharing my views..
