# You utter and complete asshole! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247 "2001-12-06T16:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/1 "2001-12-06T16:24:31Z")
From [http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/CrimeBlotter/crimeblotter.html](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/CrimeBlotter/crimeblotter.html) > [@](#): > > Police say that two hours after his grandmother picked him up from prison, [David Dearing] stole her car and sold the new clothes she’d given him in order to buy crack. How could you do that to the one person who cared about you? I’m just sick. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/2 "2001-12-06T16:29:50Z")
That’s what addicts do. Believe me, I’ve heard far worse. And addicts reflecting on just how low they’ve sunk is one of the few things that can _sometimes_ break thru the stranglehold of the drug and cause change. Sometimes. Mostly they just rot in a living hell formed by the drugs and the consequences of their own behavior until they end up in jails, institutions, or a morgue. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/3 "2001-12-06T16:59:34Z")
I’ll tell you one thing- addict or not, he knew what he was doing was way fucking wrong. He could have picked up the phone and called for help, or he could have sold her car and his clothes for crack. How sad that he chose the latter. Zette ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/4 "2001-12-06T17:15:25Z")
I’m with **Zette** on this one. Addiction only works as an excuse in certain situations. This guy had been sitting in prison for a while–he had no _physical_ addiction left. With a little dedication, effort, and honest introspection he might have been able to make some amends for previous bad deeds. Instead, he gets out, steals from his grandmother, trashes her car, smokes his crack and **robs a bank** in less than 30 hours. His charge on the first time through? Bank robbery. I’m thinking this is less a case of an addict than an idiot. bella–who shares her hometown with this schmuck ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/5 "2001-12-06T18:39:19Z")
From what I’ve heard about crack, what he did seems quite restrained, if not considerate. Gramma is only out the money she spent on his foolish new clothes; she got her car back; he’s back in the clink. He didn’t kill her or force her to go to the bank for money, etc.–_he’s_ gonna have the withdrawal and another semester in crowbar college. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@Girl\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-utter-and-complete-asshole/97247/6 "2001-12-06T19:36:56Z")
Nothing to say about the OP. I just wanted to point something out. > [@](#): > > - Originally posted by belladonna > > This guy had been sitting in prison for a while–he had no physical addiction left. \* Just because he’d been in prison does not mean he was off drugs during that time. Drugs are big business in most prisons.