Okay, I guess I didn't comment back in time. If you still have the comment, I would appreciate it if you could put it back.
And it is absolutely not an either/or. But accusing someone of murder when the absolute worst thing they could have done is gotten drunk at a time when drunk driving wasn't a huge thing like it is now and then lied about it after the fact, and probably by all accounts was not drunk, took a wrong turn, and experienced serious panic or psychological shock, which is what happens when your car crashes into the water is, well, extremely extreme. He endured shitloads of negative press and it probably affected his ability to run for President a decade later. Frankly, I don't think the problem is that it didn't affect him enough-- I think the problem is that other people in similar situations have been treated like murderers and criminals because they panicked and made terrible mistakes. We didn't try to get Cinthia's boyfriend arrested because he left her in the car and didn't report it. We hugged him and mourned with him because we knew it was harder for him than all of us because he would blame himself every day of the rest of his life.
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And it is absolutely not an either/or. But accusing someone of murder when the absolute worst thing they could have done is gotten drunk at a time when drunk driving wasn't a huge thing like it is now and then lied about it after the fact, and probably by all accounts was not drunk, took a wrong turn, and experienced serious panic or psychological shock, which is what happens when your car crashes into the water is, well, extremely extreme. He endured shitloads of negative press and it probably affected his ability to run for President a decade later. Frankly, I don't think the problem is that it didn't affect him enough-- I think the problem is that other people in similar situations have been treated like murderers and criminals because they panicked and made terrible mistakes. We didn't try to get Cinthia's boyfriend arrested because he left her in the car and didn't report it. We hugged him and mourned with him because we knew it was harder for him than all of us because he would blame himself every day of the rest of his life.