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Can't be fucked digging up the cites but... Yes and no.
Ultimately it appears to have been a surgical error that led to the degree of disability that he has. However, he wouldn't have been in surgery if he hadn't have been driving fucking drunk. So the argument could be made that surgical error or no, the fault for his disability lies squarely at his own crippled ass.
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Wow, I am pleased to read something in a message board, that as far as I can determine is actually accurate! And by 'accurate' I mean this is the same determination that I came to myself! Jamie, as a young callow youth (weren't we all at some point?) was driving somewhat under the influence, wrapped his car around a tree and the subsequent surgery unfortunately resulted in his disability.
I think most of us managed to 'get away with' driving drunk in our youth, so I have an issue with condemning Jamie for the unfortunate results. Most of us were luckier. That doesn't mean he's not an asshole, it just means that I will not throw up in his face the unfortunate incident that resulted in his disability. "there but for the grace of god' - and I don't even believe in god!
Which I guess just means...seriously, people??? seriously? You never drove drunk and 'got away with it?'
Because if you did...ever...drive drunk and got away with it - you got no damn business ragging on jamie for that. Rag on him for being an asshole if you want...but...'let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
Speaking for myself, I am not without sin. But I got away with it... |
No, I have never driven drunk. Ever. So I have never "gotten away with it" because I've never fucking done it in the first place.
Frankly it's a good thing that he only injured himself rather than another innocent driver/bystander. Did he
deserve what happened to him? No, nobody deserves to be crippled. Is he
responsible for what happened to him? Yes. Because nobody but fucking NOBODY makes you drive drunk except your own stupid fucking ass. And nobody knows if the doctor was making the best decision in a limited situation or was "playing god", because the only word we've got to go on is Jamie's, and he's a fucking twat.
That coupled with the fact that he's decided to make himself The Crippled Crusader, arbiter of Who Can Use Carparks, What Equipment Gyms Should Have and How Airlines Should Equip for Disabled Toilet Access, makes him completely unsympathetic. Nobody's saying he should shut up and back down, but he's decided to in go with the massive chip on his shoulder that seems to have been a hallmark of his entire fucking life up until this point and when this backfires on him, it's never a result of his own attitude and responses, but instead it's some vast conspiracy to Silence The Gimp!
11th May 2012, 01:18 PM
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