Obviously it wouldn't benefit a child to lose a parent in such a way...conversely, in what way does it benefit ANYONE if my child were killed in such a crash (or even severely injured) to spend the public money on excessive trials only to have the idiot released on technicality, or serve a few years at public expense and then return to public - now with greatly reduced chance of being able to integrate into society thus pushing him further towards drug/alcohol abuse? I firmly believe if you're willing to risk the lives of innocent people, it makes you a bad person and someone likely to continue to do so. In those cases, a few rounds from a sidearm cost only a few pennies compared to the hundreds of thousands to be spent on trials, appeals, housing, etc.
As for being martyred, well, I think we disagree. I believe in doing what I believe is right, NO MATTER WHAT. If I die, I die. It doesn't matter. I don't believe in EVER doing anything I don't believe in. I'll lose jobs, or life, over what most people consider insignificant details because I believe that what is right is always right and absolute and worth killing or dying for, period.
If while driving I feel tired, I pull over and sleep. I did it frequently while working at a place for a year that required a two hour commute. I'd get tired, I'd pull over and sleep. It'd waste my day, it was uncomfortable, but it was the RIGHT thing to do.
I do believe I'm superior...to anyone who intentionally risks harm to innocents. Accidents happen, I don't get bent over those. In fact, I'm a superiorly forgiving person in this regard. But drinking and driving is NOT an accident, it's premeditated. Plain and simple. I believe that any person who is NOT actively risking harm to another is BETTER than any person who is. Always. I believe performing an act which you know places others at risk, without just cause (ie to save your own life, save another life, etc) removes your own rights. I always have. When you intentionally visit harm, or risk that harm, you're making an agreement with the universe to accept whatever consequences follow from your actions. That's what I believe.
If I hadn't passed those tests a few things would have happened: I would not have gotten my security clearances or at least not had access to the areas I did in the military. I would not have received the promotions and job duties that I had in various forms of security. On the last one, I actually most likely would have lost my gun rights as well as visitation with my daughter...but she's sleeping in the other room and my CPL is safely in my wallet. I don't recall you being a psychologist, nor do I recall you administering me an MMPI or other psychological screening. The only thing I see is you being so against another person that you're willing to label them as 'insane' with no actual training, knowledge, or proof.
Hyperbolic? Perhaps slightly.
Scenerio: I'm driving alone at night down some dark back town streets and get run into by somebody. I get out to inspect the damage and somehow get the idea they're drunk. Do I whip out and kill them? Probably not. First of all they could be experiencing some other condition besides drunkeness (stroke, diabetic, etc). Secondly it's an obvious place for an accident, even if they weren't drunk. Third, it's just me and him. I've faced death so many times it really doesn't even get my heart pumping anymore. Instead I call the police, I hold him at the scene, and let them sort it out. If it turns out he was drunk, I sue him for enough money to trash out my 97 cavalier and buy a nice new hybrid.
Scenerio: I'm driving down the main highway in my town with my daughter in the back seat on an average day and suddenly a truck veers into my lane and crushes me head-on. For whatever reason I live, and climb from the car. Gazing into the back seat I see my daughters lifeless form with her head at an odd angle. I stumble to check on the other driver and find the cab of the truck littered with coors bottles. The driver, who appears uninjured, is someone I recognize as a year earlier having been fired from a local BK for drinking on the job and being 3 times over the legal limit when arriving at work. I happen to know his license is even suspended for previous DUI (true story). He's obviously drunk, and I can smell beer on his breath as he mutters 'wha happen'. At that point I pull out my glock and empty it into him. Period.
So would I instantly kill everyone? No. But I would honestly charge EVERY DUI as at least attempted negligent homicide, if not attempted premeditated murder. I REALLY BELIEVE that that's what DUI is, carefully planned murder.
Is that a little bit more understandable for you?
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