Drinking and Driving – Justice must prevail
Picture this:
There is a certain location in your neighbourhood where cars often have accidents – maybe a T-intersection or sharp turn in the road. Often these accidents are deadly for the driver (and sometimes for the passengers as well).
This time around the accident involved a young man in his early twenties. He drank too much, sped through the night and ran right into the lamp post. He dies on the scene.
The family hears about it – they are grieve stricken.
The friends find out – they cannot believe it.
Everybody brings flowers to the accident site. Many leave notes and RIP cards – they read: “We will miss you – you were such a great person and we had so many good times together.”
The world is so unfair – their son and best friend is dead and he was so very young.
Even the local newspaper has a page on the accident: “Local man dies in car crash – friends and family mourn”
One would be tempted to feel badly for the poor young man and all the grieve-stricken people that he leaves behind.
STOP!
Has everybody gone crazy? Why is it so incredibly hard for people to be honest in all of this?
A drunk driver has just crashed his car and dies – is this not just? In fact, he could have easily killed someone else in the process – an innocent pedestrian or passenger maybe. Why do we shut our minds to the great evil of irresponsibility that has just happened here?
But what do we get? We do not hear a single word about how his being drunk caused all this. Is this not his just reward? You read the newspaper, you listen to his friends and family and nobody even thinks to say that the dead young man brought this on himself and might have even killed more people in the process.
I believe, in fact, that if someone would confront the family and friends and point out the truth, they would have to fear for their health (and life maybe).
If there should be any sign at all on the scene, it should read: “We are very, very sorry that our son (or friend, etc) could have killed someone innocent because he drank and drove.”
Conclusion:
We will NEVER learn unless we are honest and say things as they are. It might be unpleasant but it has to be done. Because unless you face the fact that there is something wrong, you will never fix anything – you will never learn anything. The pink goggles will stay on – you are happy to keep on believing a lie.
There is absolutely nothing unfair about getting what you deserve – in fact, if there is justice in the world, you MUST get what deserve.
You might say: “But what about mercy?”
I would say: “Yes, mercy is quite possibly THE most important act of all but mercy belongs to those who admit their wrongs and not to those who hide them.”
Author: Jony (a Frameless Interior Door connoisseur)