Quote Originally Posted by dsirkle View Post
Well, we don't really. Even though it was foolish behavior, it was an accident. The passenger was permanently injured not killed. This kid is only 17 years old. I joined the Army in 1969 in very turbulent times at his age and did plenty of reckless stuff (much more than this kid) and I realize just how young age 17 is. I fail to understand the jubilation being shown at this tragedy by so many. Is it simply that he was born into money that causes this reaction?
I can't comment for other people, but personally, no, that isn't why I'm gratified to know of this conviction. I am spurned to this feeling by the fact that he [Nick Bollea] is 17 and in the past year alone he received 4 tickets for speeding, not including several separate citations. Quite the record for somebody who just got his license less than a year and a half ago! Some of those include;

Nick was nailed last September driving 105 mph in a 70 mph zone in Collier County in nearby Naples; in February, he was ticketed for driving 57 mph in a 30 mph in Dade County; then in April, he was busted for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone in Osceola County. Source

For a more complete article about this case click here.

Money buys many things, but what it can never buy is common sense. Either you have it or you don't. Hogan's kid does not. Despite several run-ins with the law he continued his reckless and dangerous actions, placing innocent pedestrians in harms way, and ultimately resulting in the life-long disabling of a friend; 22-year-old active-duty Marine (and Iraq war vet) John J. Graziano.

17 is young, yes, but the law says that it is old enough to assume the responsibility of car ownership and driving privileges. When individuals abuse those privileges and prove that they are not component to continue possessing them, I don’t really care how old they are. Nick Bollea had several serious warnings to change his ways prior to this incident. Despite this fact, he made the choice to again drive dangerously, and through that choice a friend has been disabled for life.

Nick Bollea is a person who was not going to stop until somebody was either paralyzed or killed. Sadly, that event has come to pass, and he is now reaping the consequences. I am not ‘happy’ about any of this, but it is good to know that Justice still works on some level.