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It's interesting that you should say that because the article that started the other thread was about why the system was more lenient with the first 3 DUI, yet the thread turned on his illegal immigration with arguments that it wouldn't have happened had it not been for elements related to immigration.
My point is that to a certain extent we (our society as a whole) accept DUI's more so than we accept other, less lethal illegal acts. DUI is not a hot-button item. I don't know why that is, but it's true. The guy with 18 DUIs that Saint77 wrote about is a testament to how far we are willing to let this go.
I think it was the timing of the thread. when it was started there was a lot of talk about immigration and a bunch of threads went that way. your right that it seems like DUI is no big deal in a lot of places. maybe because most DUI arrests are before someone gets hurt or killed not after. drinking and driving isn't that bad. drunk driving and killing someone is huge.