>40 days in jail for drunk-driving is too much??? :O To me someone who drive under the influence of alcohol is as dangerous as someone who point randomly a gun at people.
Ummm... I agree in principle, but John was comparing the punishment in this particular case, to the punishment usually given. If the usual punishment for drunk driving is, say, a week in jail (I have no idea what it is, I never tried it <g>), then it is unfair to give some people a much longer (or much shorter) sentence.
Separately, the question should be examined whether, in general, the usual sentence for drunk driving is perhaps too lenient - and then the (hopefully) longer sentence would be applied to future cases.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
