Well, that's probably because I choose to discuss topics that go a bit deeper than most. You're right, that's my choosing, but if people are discussing these issues then in my book that's a good thing. They don't have to agree, but if it gets them thinking about stuff, then I reckon that's good.
And in reference to your interpretation of some of my comments - Certainly nobody else has reacted the way you have on this particular issue. I apologise if you have some personal connection with this incident, or perhaps you may have had a family member or friend involved in a serious car crash. I have no way of knowing that. But, I can say that I think my comments are reasonably neutral, in that I see where the parents of the dead boys are coming from, I can see the magistrate's view, etc etc. But I also know that many people in society expect that incidents such as this need to be dealt with more seriously by our courts.
I am interested in what YOU think should happen. Do you think that the incident should attract NO legal punishment, or should all of the survivors be held equally accountable? Because the latter, equal culpability, is what the magistrate alluded to. It's also what I would have preferred, instead of focussing solely on the driver and then having all the charges dismissed.
I would also like to ask you one more question - not to start an argument, but just to get your honest opinion. Do you believe that if the driver was a 17 year old P-plater from a working class family in Camden, or Auburn or Wollongong, would he or she have recieved the same treatment from our legal system and our media outlets as that afforded to the driver in this instance? Again, it's not an argumentative question, just a guage of how people perceive fairness and equality in our legal system and our popular media.
