It took less than one drink to get Shannon Wilcutt busted for felony DUI[AZ][Busybodys]

Phoenix News ^ | 20 Mar 2008 | Sarah Fenske

[Oztrich Boy]

The businessman was showing that he is a good subject of the police state. Informing on your fellow citizens is a duty that we all should take seriously (as you apparently do)

Ancient Greece had a law on the books forbidding the export of figs. It was pretty much ignored and nobody really cared.

However an Athenian desiring to demonstrate his absurd loyalty to the City could therefore find some dastardly figshipper to inform on.

It was understood from the nature of the crime, that the informant was not doing this from a sense of outrage at the crime, but to demonstrate loyalty to the State.

Hence from the Greek words for "figs: and "to reveal", we get the word "Sycophant" (True story)

[from occupied ga]

Peace

[CindyDawg]

V

[AndyJackson]

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[from occupied ga]

Hence from the Greek words for "figs: and "to reveal", we get the word "Sycophant"

I didn't know that. I suspect we'll see plenty more in the years to come. The guy should be properly thanked.

[Enchante]

"Envy (how come she gets the good drugs?"

Yeah, right, you have absolutely no idea. I am a cancer survivor who has been on several very serious narcotics and opiates at different times (fortunately none since 10 days after my last abdominal surgery in 2002)..... I would not have considered driving even down the block after taking any kind of narcotic or opiate, never mind after mixing them with alcohol (which can dramatically boost the effects for many people, I believe, although I have not tried the experiment). I have not a trace of envy for anyone taking any kind of narcotic or opiate because I sure don't want to take them again.

As for how much she took and when she took it, we have only her word that she took one Vicodin right at the end of the meal as she was leaving. You want to believe that someone who would pop a Vicodin with alcohol and then drive and is then trying to beat the legal rap must be an accurate testimonial to what she took and when. I do not believe her. Since I am not inclined to trust her story I don't accept that claim at face value. But I don't "know" when she took it (or more than one pill) and neither do you -- I just don't happen to think the "businessman" who everyone seems to despise took it upon himself to belief someone was substance-impaired based upon nothing at all.

I don't happen to think that someone who is dumb enough (or addicted enough) to mix alcohol and Vicodin/hydrocodone and then drive with her child in the car is a reliable guide to what she took and when. If she acted loopy, I'm thinking maybe she was looped enough for that guy to be very concerned -- but obviously you know better.

Some want to focus solely on the legal and privacy issues - I am focused on the fact that someone who admittedly mixes alcohol and hydrocodone (by her own statement, which tries to minimize the amounts involved) is not someone who should be behind the wheel of a car.

[jabchae]

I had a friend who says he wants to start a counter-organization called DAMM: drunks against mad mothers.

[bubbacluck]

The results from the blood test showed she had one vicodin in her system and the alcohol equivalent of a half glass of wine(.022). You don’t have to take her word for it, the blood test tells the truth.

[valkyry1]

I hear you, its all matter of degree

[swmobuffalo]

“The guy was concerned and reported it? What else could he do?”

Politely ask if she was ok and was there anything he could do to help?

[CindyDawg]

I like your idea the best so far :’)

[swmobuffalo]

“I like your idea the best so far :’)”

Might get you a rude answer but it beats being a vigilante!

[CindyDawg]

I don’t think so. Who could be offended by someone asking if they were ok?

[VRWCmember]

The idea of being a DESIGNATED DRIVER is that the DESIGNATED DRIVER is someone who has chosen not to drink alcohol to ensure that you have a completely sober person to drive — not just somebody who is less intoxicated than the rest of the party.

[AndyJackson]

You don’t have to take her word for it, the blood test tells the truth.

The CINOs around here have dropped the presumption of innocence in favor of the actions of the police, even when clear evidence show that the cops are simply fantasizing if not outright fabricating.

[badbass]

That’s great advice about getting an out of town attorney to fight a charge. I had never thought of that.