That moment when you worry you're reading about someone you know...

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Volpone, Mar 27, 2013.

  1. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    You know the one: When you find an A-HAH!!! story that you're going to use to beat The Other Side at WF over the head with--in this case a drunk driving fatality to use in the gun laws squabble--and you start reading more closely because you're worried that the story is about someone you know:
    It isn't sharing personal information to point out Ancalagon's last name isn't Schulte, is it? :unsure:
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  2. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Yeah, this is all fucked in so many ways. Poor family.
  3. womble wizard

    womble wizard Fresh Meat

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    sun in his eyes?

    theres no sun visor installed in a pick up?

    or maybe dont boot it down an urban street if you cant see

    or maybe just dont drink and drive
  4. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Now, if this were gun-related, Gunforge would be all "TOO SOON!!!!1! How dare you exploit this tragedy just to make a point?!?"
  5. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    And luckily, none of our Seattleforgers live on Whidbey Island (although I'm not sure how I'd use a landslide to argue a point).
  6. Vignette

    Vignette In Limbo

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    Actually, I do. But the slide was on the other side of the island.
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  7. Grout

    Grout Probably a Dual

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    ridiculous post there girl
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    Asyncritus Expert on everything

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    Drunk driving? Suspended licence? Repeat offender? That makes him as guilty of the "accident" as if he had done it deliberately.

    1) Never again in his life should he be allowed to drive.

    2) A good long stint in jail is in order, with that becoming permanent if he is ever again caught driving even if he doesn't cause any accidents. He is a danger to the public and locking him up seems to be the only way to keep him from driving dangerously.

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  9. John Castle

    John Castle Banned Writer

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    Eh, just amputate his feet and his thumbs.