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Kid has DWI, kills 4 pedestrians, says he suffers from "affluenza"...gets probation

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You know what the cure for Affluenza is? Prison, or the chair.

If I was that judge I would have laughed in the defendant's face, and his lawyers, when they presented that case. Well..maybe not in their face, wouldn't want grounds for a retrial.
 
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The Star-Telegram adds that "Scott Brown, an attorney who represented the teen with Reagan Wynn, said the teen could have been freed in two years if Boyd had sentenced him to 20 years. 'She fashioned a sentence that could have him under the thumb of the justice system for the next 10 years,' Brown said."
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Being able to walk around free provided you don't commit another crime is not being "under the thumb of the justice system". The minimum two years as someone's ass-boy is far better "treatment" for this little fuck...
 
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Oh8ch said:
Lower case "liberal" if you will, buy it is an identifiable thought pattern.
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I buy this as a thought pattern of those clinically insane. Now, by no means am I a "liberal" (to that extent I wouldn't call myself conservative; I really don't have a designation) however the victim mentality while being the perp of a crime, to me, transcends political or philosophical ideals. This is privilege that only wealth can buy.

I do agree, identifiable thought pattern. However not one that is exclusive to any particular group.
 
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Buckeneye said:
I buy this as a thought pattern of those clinically insane. Now, by no means am I a "liberal" (to that extent I wouldn't call myself conservative; I really don't have a designation) however the victim mentality while being the perp of a crime, to me, transcends political or philosophical ideals. This is privilege that only wealth can buy.

I do agree, identifiable thought pattern. However not one that is exclusive to any particular group.
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There I would differ. While not exclusive, I do believe that "liberal" is an accurate term to apply to a thought process that is liberal in its interpretation of what is an appropriate way to deal with a situation like this. My target for the term is the judge. The law is pretty clear that when you get drunk and kill someone you out to pay severely. IMO he was being incredibly liberal in judging how accountable the youth was for his actions - which essentially is not at all.
 
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Oh8ch said:
There I would differ. While not exclusive, I do believe that "liberal" is an accurate term to apply to a thought process that is liberal in its interpretation of what is an appropriate way to deal with a situation like this.
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Last I checked; liberal was either defined as political ideology and/or an excess/generous amount of something be it physical or concept.

So since the judge applied nothing of excess here, we have to be referring to the political term.

In no way have I found that a soft sentence equates to being 'liberal' in either thought process or belief.
For clarification - what is a liberal thought process? Does it sound like the Chicago superfans from SNL? "Obama, free shit, no accountability, Obama, Obama..."

Your application of the word is bias/insulting at best, wrong at worst.

Nevermind the actual definitions of the word liberal and how they don't come close to matching what you're describing the judge to be. You're basically saying she's a (what's the term these kids use..?)' lib tard ' simply because she didn't give him jail time or the chair.

Now, lord knows I feel the punishment was soft. Aside from the judge, I haven't heard a single soul that isn't out raged by this, maybe with the exception of said perpetrators parents. Whom, by wealth and location are most stereotypically 'conservative'. So if his parents agree with the sentence, they must have a 'liberal' mindset as well....?
I'd be curious about their voting record.

I will apologize in advance for the excessive (liberal) (see what I did there?) use of the quotes around accompanied words, I'm highlighting the difference between actual definition and application.

The law is extremely clear that when you kill someone you pay severely. Unless of course you either can't prove it the killing, it was by accident, justified, defense, and ultimately your definition of the word severely.
How many cases of rape go properly unpublished? Likewise for theft, violence, murder...?

So... No. The law isn't clear on what paying severely is. That's the conundrum of having an inconsistent justice system and giving a judge the power to interpret.

To me, and just about everyone else; severely in this case is jail and or death. I'm opposed to neither.

There are many examples to site of punishment not being served in coordination with the crime - I highly doubt those have been liberal as well.

I love stereotypes - but your attempt at this just isn't holding up.

Edit: this turned into the poli board quickly. My fault. I'll excuse myself of further conversation because the idea of political debate makes me gag.
 
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ulukinatme said:
You know what the cure for Affluenza is? Prison, or the chair.

If I was that judge I would have laughed in the defendant's face, and his lawyers, when they presented that case. Well..maybe not in their face, wouldn't want grounds for a retrial.
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We both know that Joe Power is licking his chops over it's potential as a useful precedent.
 
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