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Originally Posted by zing
if its proven negligent then there are consequences
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If that logic was applied we would run out of doctors pretty sharpish.
No human is infallible, regardless of background or training.
Ignoring the fact many posters in this thread don't have to make split-second descisions under great pressure - If you make a mistake, you buy another motherboard. If I make a mistake, I delete a file and re-write it.
If doctors, paramedics, soldiers, fire and police make a mistake, people can die. Not bigger mistakes. Simple mistakes that have bigger consequences. That doesn't seem to be appreciated by a lot of people. To say they shouldn't be expected to make mistakes is just ludicrous.
He made a descision which he thought was in the best interests of his community and paid a high price for it. If that weren't hard enough there are far too many people baying for blood in this thread.
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BTW, let's have some perspective here.
He pursued a car which under the circumstances could have posed a serious risk to the public. In the course of the pursuit the girl was killed and he got 3 years.
In another thread we have an illegal immigrant who is disqualified from driving, mows down a young girl and then runs off leaving her trapped under his car wheels to die. He gets 4 months.
If people are looking for blood there are far more worthier causes here.