Andrew Sarangan wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:20 pm, gatt wrote:

Lots of people make mistakes when they're young and immortal. Assuming
it was just a simple offense and not some sort of crime, the test of
character is going to be whether the behavior was curbed or allowed to
continue.

There is a difference between young adults behaving badly and
knowingly committing a punishable offense. If you were never hurt by a
drunk driver, you may think this is blowing out of proportion.

Maybe. I know somebody who has a DUI on her record for getting pulled
over with an open bottle of Nyquil on her dashboard. They busted her
for driving under the influence when she admitted she'd just taken some
on her way home early from work.

Here in Oregon, there's a new billboard that says you don't have to blow
..08 to get a DUII. WTF does that MEAN? The law states .08. Is it .08,
or isn't it? If you're under .08 and they give you a DUI, and you
plead guilty or No Contest rather than fighting it, does that make you a
bad character?

When I was in college, there were people getting arrested for blowing
under .04, or simply admitting they'd had a drink or taken cold medicine.

(Ironically, also in Oregon, a top-ranking official of the OLCC was
recently arrested for driving under the influence. To quote Homer
Simpson, "DOH!")

-c