Okay, I DO have a heart, let me assure you of that - but I'm absolutely sick and tired of hearing about how awful and tragic Ryan Dunn's death was.
I think the loss of any life is unfortunate, especially when a person dies because of someone else's poor choices (like the other guy who was also drunk, but also in the car, although that's another rant). I think it's horrible when someone dies because of something that could have been prevented. If someone had spoken up - taken his keys - called him a cab - anything! Maybe this wouldn't have happened. The point is, an individual capable of coherent, intelligent (I assume) thought became inebriated with no plan for how his drunkenness would be handled once achieved. I am sad for his family. Sad for the loss of an individual. But I do not feel BAD for him. It was a very real possibility, and unfortunately as things tend to work, Fate was tempted - and Fate answered.
I feel bad for the family of his friend who was also killed. I feel bad that he was too inebriated (and that their friends were too drunk or self-centered to care) to make a better choice than to get into a car with someone who was just as drunk. I pity the choices they made.
But I am thankful, more than ALL of that, that in their incredible stupidity they didn't take the lives of any innocent people with them.
I am understanding of a lack of education or knowledge, I am sad when information is not shared. But two adults who have had the dangers of drunken driving drilled into their heads all of their lives do not get my pity. They are gone; I hope their next lives take them in different directions and that they have peace now. But I don't feel bad that it happened. This was truly his last feat as a member of the "Jackass" crew, and it shows.
I don't condone purposeful stupidity.
But I do not feel BAD for him. It was a very real possibility, and unfortunately as things tend to work, Fate was tempted - and Fate answered.
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly this! And about them not taking any innocent lives with them.
Drunk driving is one of my huge hot-button issues; it often affects more individuals than just the jackass (pardon...) stupid enough to get behind the wheel when intoxicated. There are so many people taken from this world in drunk driving incidences, so many of whom could have been saved if they had just not done something so damn stupid.
That all being said, I erased him from my mind not long after hearing about it. I do appreciate the irony, but I also don't think what he did should be lauded as something awful when, for all intents and purposes, he's basically been asking for it. :|