An update to the post below

I made a mistake in the previous post that I am embarrassed to have made. I paid my respects to Mr. Adenhart, yet failed to even mention the names of the other two who died (or the fourth passenger who is currently in critical condition). I think my error is instructive on how this situation is being dealt with/processed at large.

I'm sure that what I write next will offend some people, but I think it's a worthwhile thought so I'm going to express it nonetheless. I appreciate the outpouring of grief over the senseless passing of a 22-year-old man. His death is a terrible, terrible tragedy. But fuck that shit you are missing the point.

This story is not about Nick Adenhart. That much is obvious from the fact that two others died along with him. This story is about our society and the drunk driving epidemic that we face. Somebody dies in a drunk driving crash every 22 minutes. Do you know how many other anonymous individuals have died since Nick lost his life? I don't either and I really don't feel like doing the math.

The fact is, the only reason why any of us is even aware of this story is because it involved a dude who happened to be really freaking good at throwing a little white ball. I'm not saying we shouldn't honor the memory of Nick, or that we should stop what we are doing every 20 minutes and think about the poor man, woman or child who just died. In fact, I don't really know what I'm saying. I guess I just want to say RIP Henry Nigel Pearson and Courtney Stewart. You too will be missed.