Originally posted by Scansy
I'm with Jansen . . . details. We're all friends here.:rolleyes: I added details in an edit but not all. If you really want to know all I could tell but.....
George
Originally posted by born2fly
Can't believe you would compare not using a turn signal to drunk driving. Im not going to argue moving violations with you, I have seen, cited people in past and heard every excuse in the book. Maybe you were driving to fast, perhaps you had a unsafe distance between you and car in front to begin with. Stop sugar coating the DUI, and call it like it is. This thread is starting to make me want to drink, and I don't drink!
Turn signal as serious as DUI, lol, good laugh for the end of my day.
So if someone's not showing the turn signal resulted(which it can and so can drunk driving - I am not excusing drunk driving, for the record) in a fatality, would you still cal it good laugh for the end of the day?
Originally posted by geochuck
I for one forgive Michael for his mistake, I hope he decides like I did to stop drinking to excess after I made a fool of myself in front of the Queen.
C'mon, who among us never got drunk in front of royalty when we were young?
Originally posted by geochuck
Do we really know he was drunk. Is it possible he could not have been intoxicated.
George
This is a good point. My brother-in-law got a DUI and would have probably not been over the legal limit if he had taken the breathalizer. He had a beer with friends at a bar, left the bar and a cop followed him from the bar, slid on ice and wrecked his truck. Because he was told once that they will not get you for DUI if you refuse the test, he refused........and promptly got hauled off to jail. I guess in his state not taking it was an admission of guilt. He wishes he had taken it because he had not had enough to be over the legal limit.
He got his liscence taken away for 2 years and his wife reminded him of his mistake every time she had to take him somewhere!
As someone pointed out,Phelps is heading to a college town where there will be lots of opportunities to drink and drive. This may make him think twice about that and who knows, maybe people who know him will think twice too.
I'm just sad that this happened... I think the situation is interesting because Phelps has been trying so hard to popularize the sport. I don't believe that this is the type of message you want to deliver to the public.
I know a lot of people say that he is young and all, but I was 19 once too... and I had more sense than to go out and drive after drinking.
Yes, he is headed to Ann Arbor... eventually. I hope he learns from this as he heads to a big-ten party school. I also hope that others have learned from his mistake as well.
I must say, with the up most respect to everyone, that we all need to calm down. This thread seems to be getting very heated. We are tearing apart other peoples opinions, which they are entitled just as much as the next and debating something that only the law can truly decide. Whether or not you view DUI as a mistake and a learing experience or a serious offense and a learning experience, is your opinion and needs to be heard, but only the courts can decide what happens to someone in a case like this.
~Kyra
Originally posted by EyeoreSAM
It is really bad to get such negative attention to such a great sport.
I cannot see how one person can give a black eye to swimming. Every other sport has its problem basketball, baseball, football players - etc. One guy DUI is not going to effect how people feel about swimming.
George
