Re: Morale Dilema
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Riverman,
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Anyone else think DUI should be strict liability, i.e. harsh penalties but only if you cause something bad to happen?
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By harsh penalties you mean, worse than death/disfigurement/serious injury?
The reason people DUI is that they think "it'll never happen to me"
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OK, but take your argument to the next step. If it is so reprehensible to think "it will never happen to me" when intoxicated, why is it not equally "bad" to think the same thing when speeding, driving without glasses, driving while talking on your cell phone, driving when you are super-old, or driving on slick roads with an ill-equipped car?
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