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Lefty615

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18. Let me get this straight...

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 11:50 AM

Dec 2013

You know, the first time I saw this story I was totally convinced it was from The Onion. No such luck.

So.... it seems that the lesson to be learned here is that if you've never taken personal responsibility for anything in your life, you aren't bound by the criminal laws of this country, because not getting drunk, stealing a truck and murdering four people requires personal responsibility. And to take it to the (il)logical extreme, that means that if this kid had spent his childhood rescuing puppies and making soup for old people and THEN got drunk, jumped in a truck and mowed down four people, he'd be spending most of the rest of his life in jail.

Yeah. That makes sense.

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If This Rich Kid Has �Affluenza,� Then We�ve All Got �Negrobetes� [View all] Blue_Tires Dec 2013 OP

If the poor want poverty to be recognized as an excuse, all they have to do Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #1

Sure why not? If the rich can do that, why not every one else? RC Dec 2013 #38

I think this is the article you meant to link to . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #2

Thanks...Edited.... Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #4

I can only hope that the families of sharp_stick Dec 2013 #3

+1 Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #10

That process has already begun. MoonRiver Dec 2013 #21

Five Lawsuits So Far Lefty615 Dec 2013 #24

I hope you're right, but... Shemp Howard Dec 2013 #44

So I guess I suffer from Pooritis.... SummerSnow Dec 2013 #5

No you just have a case of Poorlio. Chisox08 Dec 2013 #17

That made up affliction ticks me off to no end. Xyzse Dec 2013 #6

Apparently his Monopoly board doesn�t even HAVE a jail on it. n/t aggiesal Dec 2013 #57

I so can't believe the judge bought that gollygee Dec 2013 #7

It says something about the judge and our judicial system. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #12

Privilege - etymology Diego_Native 2012 Dec 2013 #19

Maybe the judge bought it because somebody bought the judge. Shemp Howard Dec 2013 #47

Poor rich kid never had any consequences... ljm2002 Dec 2013 #8

Yeah that was my immediate response when I first heard this gollygee Dec 2013 #11

I'm sure we'll hear this defense in Florida, Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #9

Their own fault Lefty615 Dec 2013 #22

Welcome Lefty 615 Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #23

really????? heaven05 Dec 2013 #39

I believe the accident took place on the east of Orange County. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #41

okay heaven05 Dec 2013 #42

Bike lanes are put in as a margin of error central scrutinizer Dec 2013 #30

there was one asshole on this board making that very argument frylock Dec 2013 #37

and that one was a hit and run Skittles Dec 2013 #61

Can you believe there is a comment in the reader's forum that said she did the smart thing. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #64

that's disgusting Skittles Dec 2013 #66

This is the question for our time. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #13

it's obvious NewJeffCT Dec 2013 #15

You can't turn an entire state upside down without the help of unethical lawyers. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #25

Well, He did promise they'd inherit the earth Brainstormy Dec 2013 #27

Same judge, different kid, jail time Cresent City Kid Dec 2013 #14

Opposite of Affluenza FormalObserver Dec 2013 #29

The judge is retiring next year. Probably to spend the payoff she got for this CBGLuthier Dec 2013 #16

I have no doubt. jsr Dec 2013 #28

I've been reading quite a few shanti Dec 2013 #40

Let me get this straight... Lefty615 Dec 2013 #18

Exactly. There are 2 Americas. tblue Dec 2013 #45

Affluenza is a serious condition and there needs to be an awareness campaign. Chisox08 Dec 2013 #20

Sponsored by your local Aston Martin dealer jsr Dec 2013 #32

"He never learned that sometimes you don�t get your way," citizen blues Dec 2013 #26

Happens often enough: Saviolo Dec 2013 #31

That punk should of been locked up Redford Dec 2013 #33

And What of the Judge? stuartsdesk1 Dec 2013 #34

I think "Judge" Boyd should be included in that cell dickthegrouch Dec 2013 #49

I heard on the tube this morning panader0 Dec 2013 #56

I know people aren't a fan of manditory minimums, and I'm not either, hughee99 Dec 2013 #35

this "psychologist" needs to be reviewed and have his license removed frylock Dec 2013 #36

Did anyone hear the defense attorney when asked how this this is justice? locdlib Dec 2013 #43

I hope the families of the murdered victims can bring civil suit against his parents�. Tikki Dec 2013 #46

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This isn't anything new gollygee Dec 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #53

+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #55

Please tell me that this awful story is a hoax. lapislzi Dec 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #54

I think the kid was mis-diagnosed. gort Dec 2013 #50

Then this is a health crisis. We need to isolate and cure this condition immediately. ck4829 Dec 2013 #58

The cure for affluenza is a solid dose of state-inflicted poverty in a prison cell jsr Dec 2013 #59

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2013 #60

This nation sucks! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #62

""He never learned that sometimes you don�t get your way"--and with "justice" like this, raccoon Dec 2013 #63

Two Americas, two-tiered "justice". roamer65 Dec 2013 #65