A young man got drunk. He climbed into his car to drive home. On the way, he lost control of his car, ran over and killed a young woman, within sight of her young children. Afterward, he said he regretted the accident.
It was NOT an accident. The young man chose to get drunk. Knowing that he was drunk, he chose to drive his car. He knew his actions were wrong, dangerous, and illegal. He intentionally created the circumstances that led to the mother's death. The results were totally under his control. Neither he nor anyone else should refer to this event as an accident. The man committed a crime, and he should be punished.
But many more events are truly accidents as I discussed in an earlier post. To deal with accidents in the same way as the crime above should be handled is wrong.
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