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basic social reponsibility
5 Comments · Posted by Saar Drimer in personal, rants, transportation
A friend discovered his car was deformed by another car while parking at a convenience store’s lot. Luckily, some nice lady managed to take the license number of the fleeing offender’s vehicle. Turns out the offender was a 19 year old teenage girl that apparently panicked after the crash and decided to flee the scene to the protective wings of her parents. My friend did not press charges and the car was fixed on the expence of the girl’s father’s insurance. Although this had a “happy” ending it was only because of the proper conduct of the woman who jotted down the number and left it on my friend’s windshield. It could have been a total disaster due to that social misfit of a soon-not-to-be-a-teenager who could not take some responsibility for her actions and leave the note herself. If this was a 14 year old, I would understand that at that age there is no full comprehension of minimal social conduct, but at 19? Give me a break. If they can’t leave a note, they should not have a driver’s license.
I was reminded of this event when I heard about the woman who could not face her future husband and tell him she was having second thoughts. She decided to vanish (premeditated) for 3 days, initiate a massive womanhunt and lie about being kidnaped. I am not privy to the fine details, but I got the gist of it. My first reaction was to say that this woman needs to go to jail. There is no excuse for a grown woman to be so disconnected from reality to not comprehend the consequences of her actions. She should go to jail and pay every single dime that was spent on the search for her. They estimated that the search cost up to $60,000; I don’t buy that. A 3 day search must have cost a lot more, especially if they put a chopper in the air. She will then need to live with the agony she caused her family. Her husband-to-be said “haven’t we all made mistakes?” Sure, but we all PAY for them!
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John Rinck · May 3, 2005 at 14:25
You wanna talk about disconnected from reality? Try this caller to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department:
http://burgerking911.ytmnd.com/
Sina · May 4, 2005 at 09:06
She might at most get a tap on her hand. One thing I am sure of is that she will make thousands by writing a book, or permitting a special on Life channel “Innocent Run, Jennifer Wilbanks Story”. And of course a Larry King exclusive interview….
Vince · May 20, 2005 at 12:21
Eh? Whatever. The crime commited was the media paid attention and treated it like a 9-year-old was abducted by some psycho sexual pervert. Make the stupid cable news channels pay for it, since they’re the ones who made such a big deal about it. The woman didn’t ask to be searched for or have heaps of media attention piled upon her. Lots of folks run away from their weddings, announced or otherwise. What makes her special? I don’t know, either, but damn if the cable news channels know, too.
Also, I’ve had my car dented in the parking lot by ijits. Shit happens. I’m happy that a good samaritan was looking out for your friend. Some of us aren’t that lucky but lets all hope that that 19-year-old girl thinks twice about the next time she attempts a hit and run: the next victim might not be so forgiving.
Saar Drimer · May 20, 2005 at 14:20
Vince,
It is true that the media has latched on to this story (probably because they were dry on other, more sensational ones) and blown it out of proportion. But how does that diminish from the responsibility of the individual to society and the people who care for them? Like you say, “shit happens” and it happened to her. She should pay.
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