"Affluenza" Is Bull Crap: Thoughts On Ethan Couch Ruling

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   Okay. This is a little off topic for the blog, but this story I read is really pissing me off (P.S. excuse my language as I write). So, there was this kid in Texas named Ethan Couch. He got drunk one night and went out driving. During his night of thrills, he got into an accident, and four people lost their lives. Down in Texas, he was handed his sentence earlier this week. He didn't get a harsh sentence. In fact, he didn't even get jail time.
   Ethan Couch, who murdered four people,  got probation. He's not even going to jail for a single night. While the man who lost his wife and daughter has to live every day trapped in a life without his family, Ethan Couch gets to go out and live his life care free. It's sickening, just sickening, and it shows the inequality that goes on in this country. Why do I say inequality though?
    Well, the reason that Ethan Couch got such a light sentence was because he came from wealth. In fact, the defense came up with a b.s. name for it, "affluenza". Apparently, "affluenza" is when kids are spoiled rotten because they have well to do parents, and then they aren't held liable for anything to do. Basically, it's saying that if wealthy kids' parents have too much money and not enough discipline when it comes to their kids, their kids can go rape, murder, and heaven knows what else because, after all, they just don't know any better.
      I know. You are probably thinking the same thing that I am. How can this b.s. logic hold up in a court of law? Well, I don't know how it can, but it did. Hopefully, it won't set any precedent because then, any kid whose parents make a certain income can go around killing and destroying others with less money. It's disgusting to think about, but our society is becoming so unequal for those who have and those who have not that it may just get to that point. So tonight, as you go to bed, have the man who lost his wife and daughter in the crash in your thoughts and prayers and keep your fingers crossed that there aren't other disgusting judges who have such little regard for justice out there ready to spread their warped views about class to the rest of the world.