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FRIENDS DO NOT
Nov 29, 2007 | 9:31 AM
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Friends do not let friends drive drunk.  Where were Tony's Friends when he left that night.  Not only was he drunk but it was very late and he was tired.  Why did they not say we'll drive you home?  Why did they not call him a cab?  I am sure it was not because he didn't have the finances to pay for one.  If he didn't have the money, why weren't they a true friend and pay for it themselves. 

Did they feel they'd be insulting him asking if they could get him a ride.  If they did and he refused seems to me that would be the time they should be a friend and demand.  The insult would be to let him go.  To me that says you don't care enough about your friend or others whose life he might endanger.

Please if you are a host at a party try to monitor your guest's consumption.  Serve plenty of food.  When they leave and you suspect over consumption...ask them to sleep in your guest bedroom and have breakfast with you in the morning (or take them home) . Do something, anything to keep them off the road ...Save their lives and the lives of other travelers.

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Writing_With_Power read my blog view my photos
Nov 29, 2007 | 10:47 AM

Sad to say, I know nothing of THIS iccident but I do know something about drunk drivers. I have been to too many funerals to NOT know.
Now I think you answered your own question there, why weren't they a true friend and pay for it themselves, ANSWER: THEY ARE NOT HIS FRIENDS!!!
However, if they DID attempt to stop him and he refused then there is not much more you can do except to call the cops and tell them that there is someone sriving drunk and he needs to be taken off the road at once. Being in the field of Law Enforcement myself I know this fact all to well.
LadyCardFan read my blog view my photos
Nov 29, 2007 | 1:09 PM

Very well stated dorsettsheep!
Biker2Max read my blog
Nov 29, 2007 | 1:22 PM

I guess he hangs out with the same friends that Josh Hancock did.
rosie read my blog view my photos
Nov 29, 2007 | 7:17 PM

he should be respnsible for himself...did ya ever try to stop a drunk, ive been in fist fights over it, quit blaming everyone else for something a grown man does.
Speedy62269 read my blog
Nov 29, 2007 | 10:51 PM

LOL Biker....they very well could have been with the same or some of the same players etc...
Dorsettsheep read my blog view my photos
Nov 30, 2007 | 7:43 AM

Rosie, no reason to fight with them, When they leave, pick up the phone and dial law enforcement. (before that, Do your darndest to convince them to let you take them home. Yes your friend will hate you for a very long time...but he will at least be alive to hate you.

BTW...if you are guilty of serving your friend a large amount of liquor in your house and he leaves and kills himself or someone else, are you guilty of contributing to manslaughter?

Some hosts are as inebriated as their guest and not in control. I'm not blaming anyone else for his problem. It is a known fact alchohol inhibits a person's thought processes to make a responsible decission. Doesn't that make us our brother's keeper?
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An Organic Gardening Grandma who has raised sheep and just about everything else. We have had years where we provided most everything for our meals year round. Yes I can food, freeze, and dry foods. We raised goats and milk cows, even kept bees. This is the first year in 40 years we have not had farm animals of any kind. I still have my large garden, we now have more flowers than we used to. Herbs run rampant in the rows. We have four house cats (one is 20 years old), 2 african gray parrots that are 35 years old, We are down to one tiny little dog who looks like, "honey, who shrunk the border collie". She was dumped at the gate (her name is "Honey"). We have 25+ cats we feed in the barn. None are tame, but all come up for diner. They make my life happier. We never see any snakes where they are. Being we used to see a lot of copperheads in the garden the cats are a blessing. We feed Raccoons (it keeps them out of my garden). Yes we could trap them and relocate them...but no one else wants them around either. We also feed birds year round and hummers april 14 till they leave. What do I love, just about everything. I sew (make all the grandkids costumes), Quilt, garden, paint, cook, write poetry and prose. These are just a few of my favorite things.

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