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Been watching this story unfold on the tv news and I tell you it is SUREAL.
It makes me feel like I should switch my citizenship from Canadian to American on the drop of a hat or the toss of a coin. To see a woman so non-chalant, free as a bird and in defence of her position and state of mind while the victims are unwavering in their compassion, bravely smiling through it all and are resolute in their determination to harvest what little good, being as great as it can be,...out of their tragic situation...
is practically surreal. I suppose, in comparison with versions of justice on other countries.
In some ways our laws and freedoms are a blessing, in another way a kind of curse. Notice we do not see throngs of armed policemen and sherrifs and guards to protect this woman as she enters court?
Merely pointing out the diferences in style of our versions of meting out justice, dear reader, no need to go ballistic on me.
Of course it creates a cauldron of hot water now that spills over onto all of us now, our own Premier once him self cited for impaired driving while on vacation in Hawaii, has worked with the other government department areas to bring about even tougher more stringent requirements for reponsibility when behind the wheel.
How apparent need it be to question the government at this point when clearly it may that the values influence on this drunk driver may not have already taken place, too late for correction for this woman and the loss of her child? It is in fact a reasonable question, but not which one that can be answered by anybody right now.
The Premier should have resigned as soon as he got home from his unseemly incident with the police, rather than him self trying to weave through the pylons and pitfalls of political life and steerage by him self after being so disgraced.
I am not in any position to even guess or wager perversely if this womans decision to get behind a wheel and drive while drunk was unhindered by the Premiers decision to do the same thing him self at one point.
But where it approaches perversity is where BC enacts the toughest laws ever for drunk driving. For the majority of us, they were tough enough already. And did not need to changed for want of better protecting our selves and our children. All it took though was one woman with 3 glasses of wine. And possibly one Premier.
I can reasonably expect and hope for zero road accidents, deaths and fatalities this coming long BC DAY weekend. It's not too hard to imagine if you try.
You can see audio video here by scrolling down to click on
'News Hour' and THEN
story: 'Guilty as charged'.
