As a cyclist myself, I agree with you. Cyclists are required to obey the same rules of the road as motorized vehicles. When I see idiots doing stupid things in traffic on their bikes, I just shake my head and hope they don't get themselves (or someone else) killed.
15-years seems pretty excessive for involuntary manslaughter. Also, I find the phrase "[getting] what they deserve" quite objectionable. It has a connotation of meting out justice. But putting some dumb kid (or dumb adult) in jail for a decade and a half does not bring back the dead, nor does it somehow compensate for the loss of a life. Too often are the concepts of vengeance and justice conflated in our society; desiring one of them is a vice & common human failing, desiring the other is a virtuous ideal.
I wonder if your reaction would the same if your wife/daughter/sister/mother were the one killed by a texting driver. Would you feel that 15 years in jail would even begin to compensate the victim for the loss of the remainder of their life, not to mention the emotional pain and suffering endured by everyone they left behind?
Agreed, we shouldn't disturb natural habitats to solve our energy problems. If we're going to cover land area with solar panels, let's find a location where the resulting destruction would actually benefit mankind. Perhaps Redmond, Washington?
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If your favorite color is mauve, you probably don't have a wife/girlfriend to worry about anyway.
If I ever found a female customer service rep that knew what a "hash" is I'd drop a marriage proposal on the spot.
As a cyclist myself, I agree with you. Cyclists are required to obey the same rules of the road as motorized vehicles. When I see idiots doing stupid things in traffic on their bikes, I just shake my head and hope they don't get themselves (or someone else) killed.
15-years seems pretty excessive for involuntary manslaughter. Also, I find the phrase "[getting] what they deserve" quite objectionable. It has a connotation of meting out justice. But putting some dumb kid (or dumb adult) in jail for a decade and a half does not bring back the dead, nor does it somehow compensate for the loss of a life. Too often are the concepts of vengeance and justice conflated in our society; desiring one of them is a vice & common human failing, desiring the other is a virtuous ideal.
I wonder if your reaction would the same if your wife/daughter/sister/mother were the one killed by a texting driver. Would you feel that 15 years in jail would even begin to compensate the victim for the loss of the remainder of their life, not to mention the emotional pain and suffering endured by everyone they left behind?
Agreed, we shouldn't disturb natural habitats to solve our energy problems. If we're going to cover land area with solar panels, let's find a location where the resulting destruction would actually benefit mankind. Perhaps Redmond, Washington?
Wouldn't the employee version be the basic definition of a labor union?