Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site pbear.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!pbear!peterb From: peterb@pbear.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: (Orphan) Re: Re: DWI Crackdowns Message-ID: <6700026@pbear.UUCP> Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 13:22:00 EDT Article-I.D.: pbear.6700026 Posted: Fri Jul 26 13:22:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:07:53 EDT References: <378@kontron.UUCP> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:kontron:-37800:pbear:6700026:000:660 Nf-From: pbear!peterb Jul 26 13:22:00 1985 > >A drunk in a car on a highway should be treated with the same courtesy and >respect as a madman with an UZI in a shopping mall. For the same reasons. > >John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 John, there is a minor difference that makes the two incidents QUITE different morally. A madman with an UZI in a shopping mall demonstrates intent to cause harm, wherease a perons driving a car while impaired does not. I am not saying that drunk drivers don't kill, but you can't treat them like your gun-toting fanatic since the reasons and philosophies are different. Peter Barada {ihnp4!inmet|{harvard|cca}!ima}!pbear!peterb