http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23530849-details/Google%27s+Street+View+captures+the+moment+a+drunken+Aussie+keeled+over+outside+his+home/article.do

8/13/2008 7:40:34 AM

That's a good one, he shouldn't be upset about it though

8/13/2008 7:43:54 AM

^

8/13/2008 7:58:26 AM

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 8:04 AM. Reason : ]

8/13/2008 8:04:05 AM

The problem I have with it is that the google car just kept driving. It really shows the state of society.

I know a guy who was side swiped on a bike, on the interstate. Rather than stop and help him, people just kept driving around him at 70mph while he was laying there.

8/13/2008 8:14:33 AM

PEOPLE

ARE


PUSSIES!

8/13/2008 8:19:02 AM

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"The problem I have with it is that the google car just kept driving. It really shows the state of society."

FUCK THE BASTARD. No, not the driver, but the drunken dude.

I will tell you what shows the state of society: Adults getting drunk and pissing and passing out on streets.

If I encounter a drunk person who needs help (throwing up, passed out, etc), fuck them, I am NOT going to help.

8/13/2008 8:24:15 AM

A. Things happen:

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"A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet. He had been drowning his sorrows over the death of a friend and collapsed after climbing out of a taxi. As he slept off his excesses, a car-mounted video camera passed by to record pictures of the street for Google's StreetView website."

From this it appears that he was actually being responsible, even if he was excessively drunk. He got a taxi ride home and simply passed out on the way in.

B. How do you know he's drunk and not injured or passed out due to an injury or medical problem as you're driving by? Even if there were piss, vomit and shit on the ground, that doesn't mean that it's not a medical problem that isn't related to alcohol. God you're a stupid fuck.

C. I will remember that and I'll be the first person to drive right by you if you ever need assistance. I can only hope that you're able to experience something like this (ie - not being helped) firsthand, whether it's the result of an injury, medical issue or being intoxicated.

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM. Reason : ]

8/13/2008 8:26:27 AM

How will I know? I will stop and I will sniff the person. Someone who has passed out from drnking would reek heavily of alcohol.

You will drive by me? That's fine. I guess you know who I am, then!

BTW, I don't drink. At all. Go ahead, call me a fag for that.

8/13/2008 8:33:09 AM

RAWR RAWR RAWR

8/13/2008 8:34:44 AM

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"I will remember that and I'll be the first person to drive right by you if you ever need assistance. I can only hope that you're able to experience something like this (ie - not being helped) firsthand, whether it's the result of an injury, medical issue or being intoxicated."

hey, guess what, by proving your little point there, you've negated everything you just said

if you truly believe people should stop, then they should stop regardless of the person that needs assistance. by saying what you just did, you're doing the exact same thing as 0EP11, except substituting "asshole" for "drunk person."

i'm not defending anyone here, i'm merely pointing out the fact that you're just as much, if not more, of an asshole than a person who doesn't stop to help a drunk person.

8/13/2008 8:36:57 AM

it isn't much to call 911 and say there is an unconscious person on the ground- no one said you had to clean up their piles personally



also, someone commented that "no one drives the google car" on that link. not the case i'm sure, but it would be sweet to have cars that could drive themselves!

8/13/2008 8:46:12 AM

feel free not to stop and help me if i'm passed out drunk on a curb...i'm pretty sure it won't happen, so i'm perfectly okay with anyone's refusal to help my hypothetical stupidly drunk self to teach me a lesson

that said, i've stopped to help change tires on the interstate, picked up a homeless dude and bought him dinner, turned around (via overpass) on an (admittedly) not-too-busy interstate in order to pull a desk out of the road that had (presumably) fallen off some guy's truck

i'm with 0EPII1 on this one

8/13/2008 8:50:52 AM

RAWR RAWR RAWR

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

8/13/2008 8:52:44 AM

drunk people potentially need help just as much (if not more) than the people you mentioned

flat tires and hunger are not immediately life threatening conditions. being truly passed out and drunk, however, potentially is one.

8/13/2008 8:53:48 AM

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"drunk people potentially need help just as much (if not more) than the people you mentioned flat tires and hunger are not immediately life threatening conditions. being truly passed out and drunk, however, potentially is one."

unfortunately, i believe in darwinism, and am of the personal belief that ADULTS should know better...why should i take it upon myself to play nurse to someone who put themselves in the position to begin with? he'll learn more of a lesson from this than he would if someone diapered him up and spoon-fed him chicken soup

8/13/2008 8:55:19 AM

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"that said, i've stopped to help change tires on the interstate, picked up a homeless dude and bought him dinner, turned around (via overpass) on an (admittedly) not-too-busy interstate in order to pull a desk out of the road that had (presumably) fallen off some guy's truck"

GG, and I would also totally do any of those.

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"being truly passed out and drunk, however, potentially is one."

They chose to be in the situation while sober. Maybe they (those prone to pass out on streets) should have a minder or a chaperone with them when they go out drinking.

8/13/2008 8:58:38 AM

stop if you want to

if you don't wanna stop, don't

end of discussion, now let's laugh at this funny picture

8/13/2008 8:58:53 AM

yeah well, being seriously wounded while sober or catching a disease makes a person "less fit" as well. so you think nobody should get medical care?

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 9:00 AM. Reason : ^^^^ "social" darwinism ]

8/13/2008 8:59:38 AM

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"unfortunately, i believe in darwinism, and am of the personal belief that ADULTS should know better...why should i take it upon myself to play nurse to someone who put themselves in the position to begin with? he'll learn more of a lesson from this than he would if someone diapered him up and spoon-fed him chicken soup"

ah, i guess that's where we differ

i have a responsibility and a duty to yield care to those that need it. admittedly, this is only true legally when i'm working, but it's a good thing to do all the time.

i, too, believe in social darwinism... but i wouldn't be in EMS for very long if i acted on my beliefs.

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 9:06 AM. Reason : V]

8/13/2008 9:01:50 AM

both of you need to preface "darwinism" with the word SOCIAL.


Darwin's theory of natural selection theoretically acts on the human population regardless of medical care. If that drunk guy you're talking about had already reproduced, he has passed on his genes and has fulfilled the "fitness" requirements of contributing his alleles to the next generation. i'd wager that most people who recieve major medical care do so after they have procreated.

8/13/2008 9:05:38 AM