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It’s a poem by Walt WhitmanMorgan?
It’s a poem by Walt WhitmanMorgan?
Yep, everyone makes stupid decisions but they're just not highlighted in way people in spot light are.
He'll be punished accordingly by the law and no doubt Poch probably did tell him he'd been a silly boy (which he knows) and it should be left at that.
Hopefully he'll be sent to a drink-driving awareness course and shown the danger of drink-driving and victims of it plus do some community service.
Was over twice the legal limit apparently.
What an idiot.
Not that I’m defending him but that can be as little as 2 pints of Stella or other strong lager or 2 glasses of wine or even less.
Why make the post if you aren’t defending him ? That’s exactly what you’re trying to do. His reading was 80 the limit is 35. That’s about 4 glasses of wine or pints. Pretty obvious that he knew he was over the limit. Not like he’d just had a cheeky drink.
Two year ban and a big fineWas over twice the legal limit apparently.
What an idiot.
Just my onions but I never really get on a high horse for drink driving. Even the most saintly people I know have done it once or twice. I do however think he should receive all punishment headed his way.
But as @ClintEastwould said, most people have done it themselves so it IS getting on your high horse to scream outrage at something you've done yourself. Hypocritical.It’s not “getting on a high horse” - what a stupid thing to say. It’s being annoyed at some selfish prick endangering the lives of others by drink driving, and endangering his own life when he’s got a young daughter.
Two year ban and a big fine
But as @ClintEastwould said, most people have done it themselves so it IS getting on your high horse to scream outrage at something you've done yourself. Hypocritical.
I'm not going to claim I've never done it. I've never driven while blind drunk but when I was younger I've driven after having 1 too many and the morning after the night before.
It was wrong and stupid and I wouldnt do it now but you must be either T total or holier than thou if you're seriously saying you've never driven when theres a good chance you were over the limit. Or maybe you dont drive much.
It ruins lives. I'd have lost my job if caught. But sometimes humans make piss poor decisions unfortunately.
What I will say is for someone in his position with his wealth its worse than an everyday Joe doing it who cant afford to have a chauffeur driven stretch driving them everywhere 24/7.
Theres no excuse for it and the repercussions can be horrific.
Maybe a zero drink drive limit would be the solution or at least half it.
This 'well I'm ok to have 1... maybe 2' culture doesn't help.
For me and you maybe.
Yes I think you are.No, “most people” haven’t drunk driven.
I don’t see it as holier than thou, I see it as not being twatty enough to risk killing somebody. I generally don’t do shit that could kill people, maybe I’m a sanctimonious freak.
Are you serious? Genuinely stunned to read this.Just my onions but I never really get on a high horse for drink driving. Even the most saintly people I know have done it once or twice. I do however think he should receive all punishment headed his way.
Yes I think you are.
Driving can kill people so do you not drive?
Do you drive much? Do you drive to and from work?
Do you drink a lot?
I suspect you're either full of it or hardly drive and are a light drinker or tea total if you can honestly say you've never driven the day after a skinful.
Anyway, nobody is saying Lloris was anything other than wrong and it was stupid and drink driving should never happen.
Just some have more understanding about how it can happen than others.
Having 4 pints and then driving is ####ish if thats what happened.
Its this law of 1 or 2 is ok that greys the area so people go too far.
I think zero tolerance or a lower limit would be a good thing.
But people do drive after a tipple, not 'sauced up'. I know you dont but a huge mahoosive percentage of the population, rightly or wrongly, do.I drive to and from work, and whenever else necessary. Somehow, I heroically manage to do it without ever being sauced up. It isn’t difficult. If I’m going to the pub to have a drink, I wouldn’t drive there - it’s really obvious stuff and I think it’s abhorrent to even contemplate driving after drinking. Peoples’ lives are more important than your commute home from the pub being slightly quicker/cheaper than a cab/bus/train/Uber/designated driver setup.
I drive to and from work, and whenever else necessary. Somehow, I heroically manage to do it without ever being sauced up. It isn’t difficult. If I’m going to the pub to have a drink, I wouldn’t drive there - it’s really obvious stuff and I think it’s abhorrent to even contemplate driving after drinking. Peoples’ lives are more important than your commute home from the pub being slightly quicker/cheaper than a cab/bus/train/Uber/designated driver setup.
You seem to be in a bit of a bubble/ echo chamber. Maybe your culture is one of ‘it’ll probably be alright’, but mine certainly isn’t, nor anyone I tend to socialise with. If any of my mates had even a single drink and thought about driving they’d get told to fuck off.But people do drive after a tipple, not 'sauced up'. I know you dont but a huge mahoosive percentage of the population, rightly or wrongly, do.
The reason they do is because the limit is a couple of units and a grey area. Its a 'I'll "probably" be alright' culture.
I agree if you're thinking of drinking more than 1 then you should not drive but people get pulled over who are not 'sauced up' but are surprised to find they are over the drink drive limit.
1 strong beer on an empty stomach, if you're not particularly big then youre probably over the limit.
What Lloris did was bang out of order and while I've had occassions in the past where I was probably over the drink drive limit (morning after in most cases) I never have and never would drink 3 or 4 pints and drive. Especially if I could have some muppet driving me everywhere I wanted to go.