Comments on: Drunk Driving Hoax Infuriates Students

Controversial 'Scared Straight' Program Plays With Teens Emotions

[naucoming4u]

Drunk drivers murder thousands of people every year. What is most unfortunate is that vast majority of drunk drivers survive the accidents they create!

Drunk driving is severely UNDER punished in our society.

Get the drug USERS out of jail and into a rehab program...

...which will make room for the drunk drivers... where they should be... for a VERY LONG TIME.

[kevboom]

Hope their resumes are in good shape. Start looking...

[rafterman1]

===Is harsh, but nothing so far is working.===
Posted by meinnv

And nothing ever will. It''s a crime of human stupidity, not lack of knowledge. That program wasn''t "harsh", it was cruel.

[rafterman1]

Are they idiots aware that in some cases, especially among kids this age, some are so close to a particular friend or significant other that they have committed suicide upon the knowledge of the death of that friend? It''s rare, but it has happened.

[heero2020]

I don''t know why people are comparing this to Scared Straight. In those programs, the authority don''t lie to the kids and tell them that their friends just died. They respect the children''s intelligence enough to let them know the possible consequences of making certain decisions in life.
When you lie to me to get your point across, it shows a lack of respect on your part which creates greater distance and a lack of trust on mine.

[patriot12436]

I am shocked that the highway patrol approved its officers to participate in such an outrageous stunt. I expect heads to roll over this.

[darnedsocks]

CAN YOU SAY "CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT"!?

[grammawhamma]

Posted by meinnv at 01:42 AM : Jun 13, 2008

I like your ideas...harsh as they may be.

[floydzeppl]

This sounds like an idea a dumass Republican would think up.

[tulcak]

INCREDIBLY STUPID AND INSENSITIVE. should we also tell patients who smoke when they visit the doctor that they have lung cancer... and then, ha ha, just kidding, but we were trying to scare you out of it.
FEAR and FREEDOM are two words that can never exist together. you either have one or the other. we now live in a society that uses fear to manipulate people thanks to bush, cheney and the GOP. that''s why some think it is an approved way to operate.