# JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 25, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050 "2011-08-25T16:11:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050/145 "2011-08-26T13:18:36Z")

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> [@Peremensoe](#):
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> I don’t see why it matters _how_ someone ended up in the hospital.

Because driving drunk shows that the pre-injury Jamie dealt the same type of callous disrepect of other people’s lives and needs that he shows after the accident.

It’s even worse than that, of course - at least (as far as we know) Jamie didn’t take any innocent people out with him when he had his accident.

In short: _Had he not made the **decision** to be a drunk driver, he wouldn’t be paralyzed._ Suing the doctor is nothing more than a transferance of guilt, a transferance he shouldn’t be allowed to make.

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