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Give a monkey a loaded machine gun. If he doesn't happen to kill anyone with it, then I guess it was just a cute trick. DUI is precisely the same as giving a monkey a machine gun, so I guess the lack of DEATH DOOM DESTRUCTION proves the act is non-violent. It only becomes "violent" when chance puts YOUR ass in the line of fire.
I am in my 33rd consecutive year as a licensed EMT (both in Maryland and California) as well as having worked in both ER and Critical Care. I guess I fail to see the "non-violent" nature of DUI. Having one's hands inside other people for years, trying to help keep them alive, or prying them loose from the wreckage created by some non-violent idiot irresponsible (and I don't care if it's a blond-haired rich white girl or a fat, brain-damaged redneck)just takes all the fun out of non-violence for me. Which brings us back to Harry Seldon's notion of "torture." And yes, I, for one am proud to be an American. Weird to find those words here, but there it is, Harry.
So Paris' lawbreaking was just trivial and non-violent. And now we're torturing her to get even because she's so much cooler than us losers. Ah,yes, I'm beginning to see the light. I think it's the locomotive at the end of the tunnel. How'd we get in here?? MOM!!
