I've been a lurker on the Daily Kos for about six years . I’ve never posted dairies on this site and I probably won't post one again. I know this blog is to promote democratic issues, but I need to vent. My house can ill afford another hole in the wall or the door so I apologize in advance,for any mistakes I made making this diary.
A little history before I get into why I'm so pissed off. On the same day Tim Russert died (may he rest in peace). My 18 year old son Matt was killed in a car accident. The car he was in was involved in a high speed police chase through a residential area with two police cars, went over the railroad tracks at 109 miles an hour flew through the air about 180 feet .When the car landed it broke two telephone poles in half and rolled 200 feet and ejected my son from the car before it came to a rest. The driver and the front passenger walked away from the accident with minor injuries, but sadly Matt did not. The past two month have been very hard for everyone who loved Matt. Its been especially hard on his little brother,they where only 11 months apart in age and very close. It kills me to see him in so much pain and that I can't make it go away. Then Thursday came along and all of us are still trying cope with Matt's death. My mother calls me and reads me an opinion column by a journalist (aka idiot with an opinion) in my local paper about my sons death. Here is the link if you want read the whole thing.http://www.jg-tc.com/...
From what I can make of the article it’s about personal responsibility this is where she ties my son into the piece.
All three men were, to some degree, responsible for being involved in the accident and all, therefore, were to blame. Both passengers got into a vehicle with a driver they knew allegedly had been drinking. They didn’t have to do that.
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish he didn’t get in that car.
Neither of them overpowered the allegedly reckless driver before he wrecked the car.
So my son needed to take his seat belt off reach up to the front seat and overpower the driver. While two cop cars are casing the car at 107 miles a hour in a residential area and the driver is drunk. No my son did the responsible thing and stayed in his seatbelt and begged the chicken shit coward to stop the car.
No, it shouldn’t be McDonalds that’s to blame when some airhead spills hot coffee on herself and gets burned. Miss Airhead should take responsibility for being dense.
Blame won’t reverse time and keep a fast-food customer from getting burned. Blame won’t bring back Matt Foltz or countless other victims of alleged reckless actions by others or themselves.
You compare my son’s death to a spilled cup of coffee he was more than that. He was my first born, his birth is branded into my brain because it’s the first time I felt unconditional love. (Not just a spilled cup of coffee) He was a son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, boyfriend and a friend to many people. (Not just a spilled cup of coffee) He was great at playing video games even better than the old man.The grasshopper had surpassed the master. (Not just a spilled cup of coffee) He worked two jobs and was going to college at the same time (Not just a spilled cup of coffee) He had just got excepted to a college in California ,and was planning to go this fall to learn how to design video games. (Not just a spilled cup of coffee)
If Brooks is indeed responsible for this tragedy, he isn’t the only one.
So is the person who gave my 18 year old son alcohol somewhat responsible? The driver of the car is 24 years old (so let’s guess who furnished the alcohol shall we).So I would say yes the person who gave my son alcohol is somewhat responsible. Or is the practice of high speed pursuits is it somewhat responsible? Rural towns have little to no public transportation and from one rural town to the next, give it up you’re not going to find any public transportation .Doesn’t the fact that public transportation in Rural America sucks and my son didn’t have that option is it somewhat responsible? The fact that the driver already had two dui,s and still had a drivers license .Does or legal system bare some of the responsibility?
Do you put some of the responsibility on any of these things or, ask the question could they be? No instead you put some of the responsibility of my son’s death on the passenger of the car and my son. How is the passenger somewhat responsible for my son’s death? He wasn’t driving and he didn’t force my son into the car, and lady my son isn’t somewhat responsible for his death he made a poor decision that cost him his life.
Some of the responsibility for my son’s death shouldn’t go to my son or the passenger of the car. All the responsibility for my son death should go to the driver of the car. I didn’t write about what happened or what was said inside the car, before the police got involved and after they got involved. Because I got the information second hand and I don’t want jeopardize the ongoing court case against the driver of the car .If I could write about it, you would understand why he is the only one responsible. http://www.jg-tc.com/...
Just wanted to thank everyone for there kind words