I don't really understand this--if I do drink and drive, then I can be self-absorbed and self-righteous? And by noting that the community in which the young men were raised celebrates beer-focused events, we're supposed to...blame the community? I live in a college town, and an ongoing issue is the drinking culture among students, so if someone is killed because of a student driving drunk, it's somehow not so bad (or not as much the student's fault) because he's enrolled in college?
Reply: Well, kudos to you for going to college. Would you like a girl scout cookie?! Thin mint? I went, too, and graduated with honors. Apparentely, though, your deductive reasoning skills aren't quite up to par though, eh?! My point is that everyone is so quick to rail against this kid. You're oh-so-wise for not having EVER drank and drove. Many, many people have at some point in their lives drank and drove. Even pillars of communities. No, the community is not to blame. But I certainly know drinking is a long-celebrated activity in such small towns, even among athletes and honors students. Of course Nicholas is solely responsible for his decision but I guarantee if you look closer into this community, you'd find drinking is a prevelant past-time... No "point" behind that but to state a well-known fact. This situation is horrible no matter what way you look at it, so many families are destroyed b/c of this, but it makes me sick to see you people sitting here making fun of the guy's balding scalp and saying he "f'ing deserves" this? I feel sorry for everyone involved, including Nicholas and wanted to encourage everyone to stop sitting on their pompous thrones and leave the poor kid alone. His personal hell is punishment enough. He'll never recover and it's sickening to read the posts on here...