# Father and son lose legs in crash; crack-smoking woman responsible gets off easy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781 "2007-04-26T20:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/21 "2007-04-27T00:08:55Z")
I’m outraged. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/22 "2007-04-27T00:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Uh oh, there is a punfest afoot. [/QUOTE] Because this is the dope and we fight ignorance and all that; they’re not puns. More precisely, they’re [double entendres](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre). Hopefully this knowledge will give you a leg up in your further posts. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/23 "2007-04-27T01:19:12Z")
[QUOTE=treis] Whatever, but being confined to a wheel chair is not getting off easy. [/QUOTE] Being confined to a wheelchair has fuckall to do with her crime, and the attendant punishment. How much consideration should I get if I blow out a knee while kicking some poor sod in the head during an assault? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/24 "2007-04-27T01:39:28Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] I’m sorry, but that woman needs to be locked away for more than 3 years for what she did. [/QUOTE] How many more? No matter what you answer, I guarantee someone else will argue that is not enough, and you will look soft on crime. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/25 "2007-04-27T02:31:16Z")
I pity her nine year-old son. What kind of legacy is she creating for him? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/26 "2007-04-27T02:46:17Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Also, $150/month for five years doesn’t sound like much. [/QUOTE] $9000. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/27 "2007-04-27T03:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] $9000. [/QUOTE] Does anyone really think the victims will see a penny? I don’t. I hope her child has someone stable to live with while she’s in jail, and I hope she never gets him back. The sad thing is that he is a victim of his mother, too. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/28 "2007-04-27T03:12:24Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Does anyone really think the victims will see a penny? I don’t. I hope her child has someone stable to live with while she’s in jail, and I hope she never gets him back. The sad thing is that he is a victim of his mother, too. [/QUOTE] Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/29 "2007-04-27T04:53:42Z")
Literally. Pick the kid up by the ankles and beat the parent to death with him. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/30 "2007-04-27T04:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents. [/QUOTE] Or remove children from jailed, crack smoking reckless drivers in the child’s best interest, one of the two. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/31 "2007-04-27T05:01:22Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] Or remove children from jailed, crack smoking reckless drivers in the child’s best interest, one of the two. [/QUOTE] hope you’ve got a plan about foster parents ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/32 "2007-04-27T05:05:02Z")
I was just pointing out that SnakesCatLady might not have been suggesting taking away the kid to punish the mother, as fear itself seems to have assumed [QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] I hope her child has someone stable to live with while she’s in jail, and I hope she never gets him back. The sad thing is that he is a victim of his mother, too. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/33 "2007-04-27T05:07:06Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] I was just pointing out that SnakesCatLady might not have been suggesting taking away the kid to punish the mother, as fear itself seems to have assumed [/QUOTE] same response, though. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/34 "2007-04-27T05:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=wring] same response, though. [/QUOTE] take it up with snakesCatLady then. Unless she really did mean it as punishment, or some third option. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/35 "2007-04-27T05:21:25Z")
ok by me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/36 "2007-04-27T14:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] I’m outraged. What do I win? [/QUOTE] How about a toilet? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/37 "2007-04-27T14:38:17Z")
[QUOTE=treis] You did read the part about her also being in a wheelchair because of the crash? It’s not like her life is going to be the same either. [/QUOTE] What? You can’t smoke crack while in a wheelchair? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/38 "2007-04-27T15:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents. [/QUOTE] You’re right. There’s been enough punishment in this thread already. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/39 "2007-04-27T15:54:09Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] **nyctea scandiaca** , you’re not running for Judge anytime soon are you? [/QUOTE] Sadly, I read this as one of the puns. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781/40 "2007-04-27T16:52:49Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] What? You can’t smoke crack while in a wheelchair? [/QUOTE] No, but you can burn rubber. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-and-son-lose-legs-in-crash-crack-smoking-woman-responsible-gets-off-easy/401781.md?page=1)