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BoSephusCamille Dodero
9/06/13 12:55pm
I watch this and all I can think is, that could have been me. I have no idea how many times I drove when I shouldn't have. By some luck I never even got pulled over. I will be forever thankful that getting older and maybe a little wiser, not some horrific life changing incident, was what caused me to make the decision to never do it again.
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  HashTagYoloisbackBoSephus
  9/06/13 1:09pm
  Ah, so you were a sociopath, who didn't give a shit about taking the lives of other people, when you were younger. The good old days, huh?
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  BoSephusHashTagYoloisback
  9/06/13 1:10pm
  And you clearly never mad a mistake in your life. Good for you!
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wizemanknowsCamille Dodero
9/06/13 12:54pm
He crashed into another car and killed a man while legally drunk. I think the statement about his attorneys saying he could get off if he was willing to lie is disingenuous at best. They may have told him to put up a video on Youtube to try and get sympathy from the court. Who knows...

I like the video because it might prevent a DD death. However, I do question his motives.
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  Coloradicalwizemanknows
  9/06/13 1:04pm
  Yeah, no way his attorneys were telling him he was going to be able to get away with this. They definitely told him to make this video as a mitigation tactic to look remorseful in front of the judge. Still, I feel bad for him. He doesn't seem like a bad person, just a kid who made a mistake that could have happened to a lot of us and ended someone else's life and ruined his own. Just a sad situation all around.
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  HashTagYoloisbackColoradical
  9/06/13 1:17pm
  Really? Just a kid who made a bad decision? You mean the decision to consume drink after drink after drink without asking a friend to drive him home or call a taxi. And then the decision to get behind the wheel of a truck. That's not one decision, you know? It's multiple sociopathic and callous decisions.
  
  Bad people don't show up as serial killers and rapists who wait at night in dark alleys. They also show up as assholes, who don't care about the lives of other people, when they're still sober.
  
  You said that this "mistake could have happened to a lot of us" That is complete bullshit and one of the most horrifying things I have read in a while. Because you're saying that if you were to choose over and over again to prioritize your drinking and driving over the lives of other human beings, you would view it simply as one single mistake that, out of nowhere, just happened to you. You're saying therefore that if you ever drank and drove and killed somebody, you would not take responsibility for your actions. This is eerie and creepy as hell to read.
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e.nonCamille Dodero
9/06/13 12:50pm
i do wonder how useful these ads are... that one of the young guy who killed those 3 amish children and his description — but moreso his haunted look — is very powerful.
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  elaine layaboute.non
  9/06/13 1:13pm
  alas, alcohol impairs the judgment, so that people tend to judge themselves to be sober enough to drive when they in fact are not ... that is why i have been glad to see the "tipsy driving is drunk driving" commercials
  
  the only to sure-fire avoid driving drunk is to never drive after drinking, even one drink, and even if one is not over the legal limit ... but it's a hard practice to get people to embrace, especially in communities where public transport or cabs are not available or affordable
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  pantrogelaine layabout
  9/06/13 2:04pm
  This guy I know, total alcoholic, got busted for DUI so many times a judge finally had this device put on his car- he'd have to blow into it and register little to no alcohol on his breath to get the car to start. If it registered any alcohol, he was hoofing or cabbing it, the car would not start.
  
  Why don't car companies, in the interest of public safety, make a device like that a standard part of all vehicles? I'd willingly pay a bit extra for a car if it kept people from making a mistake that could cost them their lives and others' lives. So simple yet so final. No arguing with anyone that "you're fine," no kidding yourself. The machine says no, you shouldn't drive. I know the argument would be, it is inconvenient but it's also inconvenient to ruin your life over a bad decision, and very inconvenient for anyone to be killed by a drunk driver. It just seems like such a sensible idea.
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CornetteFaceCamille Dodero
9/06/13 12:53pm
Carries a prison sentence of....two to eight years???? Fuck I am never driving again.
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  LiberalInternationalismCornetteFace
  9/06/13 1:02pm
  
  Carries a prison sentence of....two to eight years???? Fuck I am never driving again.
  
  Because a lot of people are going to read this and say "oh, only two to eight? I can hand that. Let's go get loaded."? Seems unlikely.
  
  There are a lot of deterrents to drunk driving, I don't think upping the sentencing guidelines is going to move the needle.
  
  The biggest reason we have such a drunk driving problem in this country is also the hardest to fix: sprawling suburbs with no public transit. I live in DC, so if I want to get plastered I can take a cab home for the price of one more drink.
  
  Being young in the suburbs would suck.
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  ColoradicalLiberalInternationalism
  9/06/13 1:14pm
  True. While drinking and driving is obviously irresponsible and dangerous if the government really wanted to stop fatalities from drinking and driving they would work on curbing driving in general. The vast majority of this country has no reliable or effective public transportation and is too sprawled out to walk or bike anywhere. If those options were more available it would be the most reliable way to cut down on drunk driving, much more so than draconian penalties for driving under the influence.
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HashTagYoloisbackCamille Dodero
9/06/13 1:07pm
How will this "compelling confession" and "expression of remorse" impact the judge's decisions come sentencing time? Pretty smart move.

Cordle apparently reached out through Facebook to Alex Sheen, a fellow Ohioan who runs the website becauseisaidiwould.com, and asked him to shoot the footage.

“He feels very, very guilty for what he has done and he is just struggling with this,” Sheen told the Columbus Dispatch. “He wants to take responsibility for this. I can sympathize with him wanting to help people.”

Very smart moves on the part of both these douchebags. One gets to be a sad martyr who's just torn up from grief and angst thus earning sympathy points from the public and the prosecutors, while the other gets to make a slick video with "compelling" content that just went viral. What's the revenue-sharing arrangement I wonder? If there is one, the truck driver just found a way to pay his lawyers.

Gee I wonder if the video-making douchebag will enter into any revenue-sharing arrangement with the dead guy's family. Wouldn't that be something, huh? Seems like video-making douchebag really got to capitalize on the death of an innocent man. One man's tragic and untimely death by aggravated vehicular homicide is another man's ticket to fame and profit. Plus drunk asshole just got to be a celebrity martyr and his attorneys could probably enter the video as evidence of sincere remorse during plea bargain and sentencing negotiations. What a win-win situation.
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  WellYouKnowHashTagYoloisback
  9/06/13 1:14pm
  So. . .are you saying he shouldn't confess and plead guilty?
  
  He shouldn't try to help convince others to not drink and drive? The world isn't always as negative as cynical people like you make it out to be.
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  HashTagYoloisbackWellYouKnow
  9/06/13 1:25pm
  Uh huh and of course the best way to "confess and plead guilty" is to contact a videographer and make a slickly produced video that resembles a TV commercial that will go viral and make a ton of money and earn a lot of sympathy points. Next time you make a series of callous decisions and end up murdering another human being, be sure to contact Alex Sheen. He'll help you feel like you're a better person than you really are. Also maybe you'll earn some moolah on the side from the video.
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elaine layaboutCamille Dodero
9/06/13 1:00pm
why is it never dick cheney posting a video confession?
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  Patcher Pupelaine layabout
  9/06/13 1:03pm
  No conscience, no soul.
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  MissNormaDesmondPatcher Pup
  9/06/13 1:40pm
  No rhythm, either, I bet.
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burlivesleftnutCamille Dodero
9/06/13 12:54pm
Come on. At this point, who hasn't killed a man?
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  SpongeTomRegularPantsburlivesleftnut
  9/06/13 1:12pm
  
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  gerrycomoburlivesleftnut
  9/06/13 1:59pm
  Ask Cypress Hill:
  
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karie lou whoCamille Dodero
9/06/13 1:02pm
When my aunt was killed by a drunk driver, I vilified the driver. I made him into this incredible monster of a person. But when I went to the trial, he was just a guy, kind of a short nondescript guy. He was anyone. And that made it even more sad and scary.
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  elaine layaboutkarie lou who
  9/06/13 1:51pm
  my uncle killed himself and nearly killed his best friend when he wrapped his car around a tree while driving under the influence ... devastated two families, too ... but he was the sweetest, funniest, hardest-working uncle a girl could ask for
  
  that's the tragedy of drinking with a set of car keys in one's pocket ... it can turn the best and happiest of us into murderers and suicides
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HoorayBeer!!Camille Dodero
9/06/13 3:09pm
Clarification please? Does homicide require intent? I always though this was something like vehicular manslaughter. I always equated homicide with murder. Which, ya I guess in the end he did kill someone, but I'm not sure he was really "in control". I guess letting yourself get that messed up and then drive is the difference between the two? I'm not saying he shouldn't be responsible or making it less tragic, just want a clarification of what makes it homicide vs manslaughter.
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avagavinCamille Dodero
9/06/13 1:14pm
The problem these days is that if you're a 22-year-old guy, people will not believe you when you say you're an alcoholic. You're just having a good time, enjoying the college life, blah blah blah. Never mind how self destructive you become, as was clearly the case here — you're just a 22-year-old! Live it up, man!

I've been sober for almost a year now, after many fits and starts that included (college) friends literally opening beers in front of me and putting them up to my nose to tempt me to start drinking again.
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  BlondzillaOGavagavin
  9/06/13 1:27pm
  So glad you commented on this. The first time I got sober, I was 23. It was own sister who convinced me I was just "young" and gave me my first beer that lead to a lengthy relapse. Not her fault, of course. She didn't know. My friends and family didn't support my sobriety or belive that I had a problem. But at 27, I knew I couldn't blame youth or immaturity anymore if I was going to live (I've been sober 8+ years). Good luck on your sober journey.
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  avagavinBlondzillaOG
  9/06/13 1:37pm
  It's funny. When you're 25, you have to hide the fact that you're sober. I'll go to a bar and order a club soda with lime, which looks enough like a mixed drink that nobody will start in with the questions.
  
  Friends have gotten better about supporting my sobriety, but there are still people who roll their eyes. Luckily, I have a really bad drunk story that I can tell people. Not like this, I didn't hurt anyone (besides myself) or drive or anything like that, but it's a bad one, and as soon as I tell it, people sorta say... Uh, okay, yeah, you're cool with the club soda.
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