I'd really like everyone to watch this. It'll make you feel.
WARNING by JLC -- This is a graphic and deeply emotional video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8
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Wow Wes. That is all I can say, is Wow. This had me in tears.
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python1024
Wow Wes. That is all I can say, is Wow. This had me in tears.
Saw it over on Fauna and it had me tearing up. I figure anything that does that must have something to it.
Kudos to those who made it.
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I thought about moving this to QT. I thought about deleting it altogether. Because this sort of emotional punch if the face isn't what BP.net is here for.
But...if that "punch in the face" reminds just one person here who sees it to call a friend or get a taxi or just to not drink....it's worth it.
This is NOT a precedent. I do not wish our site flooded with every emotional appeal for humans to behave better, and will not tolerate it. We all know the world is full of injustice and horrible people doing horrible things. Sharing such things here won't change that...it just ruins the peaceful nature of this place for everyone else.
But in this case...I DO think this one just might make a difference....might save a life. And maybe we all need that very heavy reminder to simply not drive while exhausted, or angry, or with a car full of out-of-control teenagers. And most assuredly, we should all remember to leave the keys behind when drinking or anything else that impairs our judgment and actions.
I did add a warning to the original post. Anyone in a particularly delicate frame of mind may really need that warning. I wish I'd had it before I opened the vid. But if anything, that warning will probably draw even more people to open it out of sheer curiosity.
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Wow. Thank you for sharing this Wes. I too cried......
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I don't know about the rest of the states or even what other countries do, but in Utah that’s a video you are required to watch as part of the DUI course that every drunk driver is given.
You are also required to go to a class called MADD (Mothers against drunk driving) you sit and listen to people who talk about having lost loved ones due to drunk driving.
As somebody with a DUI, I can say it hits home every time to see that video. I got lucky and was ticketed because I was asleep in my car when I got mine, but I'd driven drunk a thousand times and never thought anything of it.
It’s my personal opinion that suspending someone’s license does absolutely nothing but inconvenience them when they get a DUI. I'm only 20 and I won’t have my license for 4 more months (Lost it last October). People who get DUI's should have to spend more time working and talking with these people that have lost loved ones.
Losing my license has been frustrating at best, but having to take those classes was the absolute worst. (And that includes the 3000 dollar fine). It was months before I felt like a decent person again and for me that feeling is enough to quit drinking for ever.
IDK how many people have DUI's on this forum but I applaud JLC and the OP for both posting it and allowing it to stay up.