My Mom always said that if you don't want to read about it on the front page of the NY Times, then you shouldn't do it. We can argue about whether or not their mug shots and names should be public, but that will not change the fact that this is the age we live in, and stuff like this will always be published. Witness the fact that close to 10,000 people have read this post. These folks do not have to worry about their dignity being stripped away (no pun intended) by a newspaper article, they did that all by themselves. I believe that the very powerful disease of alcoholism had a lot to do with this. I hope she gets the help she needs. But she chose to drive drunk previously and she chose to act without any class and dignity last night. No one can help her until she wants to be helped.
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