Father and son lose legs in crash; crack-smoking woman responsible gets off easy

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I’m outraged. What do I win?

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[QUOTE=Cervaise]
Uh oh, there is a punfest afoot.
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Because this is the dope and we fight ignorance and all that; they’re not puns. More precisely, they’re double entendres. Hopefully this knowledge will give you a leg up in your further posts.

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[QUOTE=treis]
Whatever, but being confined to a wheel chair is not getting off easy.
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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?

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[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca]
I’m sorry, but that woman needs to be locked away for more than 3 years for what she did.
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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.

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I pity her nine year-old son. What kind of legacy is she creating for him?

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[QUOTE=levdrakon]
Also, $150/month for five years doesn’t sound like much.
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$9000.

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[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
$9000.
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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.

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[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.
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Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents.

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Literally. Pick the kid up by the ankles and beat the parent to death with him.

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents.
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Or remove children from jailed, crack smoking reckless drivers in the child’s best interest, one of the two.

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[QUOTE=Taber]
Or remove children from jailed, crack smoking reckless drivers in the child’s best interest, one of the two.
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hope you’ve got a plan about foster parents

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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.
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[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
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same response, though.

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[QUOTE=wring]
same response, though.
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take it up with snakesCatLady then. Unless she really did mean it as punishment, or some third option.

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ok by me.

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[QUOTE=lissener]
I’m outraged. What do I win?
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How about a toilet?

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[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.
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What? You can’t smoke crack while in a wheelchair?

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Yes, the system should use children to punish their parents.
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You’re right. There’s been enough punishment in this thread already.

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[QUOTE=Zebra]
nyctea scandiaca, you’re not running for Judge anytime soon are you?
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Sadly, I read this as one of the puns.

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
What? You can’t smoke crack while in a wheelchair?
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No, but you can burn rubber.