A set of tweets I did last week on the drunk driving of Jhanvi Gadkar.
I didn't like the way the media was reporting it at all, so I wrote down a list of things I thought were relevant or not.
I didn't like the way the media was reporting it at all, so I wrote down a list of things I thought were relevant or not.
The way the wind is blowing in this drunk driving case is pissing me off, so I have a few thoughts.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
1) Drunk driving is stupid, & that should be the focus of it.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
2) Not relevant: women who drink “whiskey for fun” (Why else would you drink whiskey?)
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
3) Not relevant: where she went, who she saw. A drunk is a drunk is a drunk.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
4) Not relevant: the make of her car. Fools drive all sorts.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
5) Relevant: is the media going to come down harder on her for going easier on other powerful drunk drivers?
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
6) Relevant: are there going to be checks in place where they matter (before someone leaves a bar, for instance)?
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
7) Relevant: is it always going to be easier to bribe your way out of shit & how can we make that the harder option?
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
9) Not relevant: what kind of person she is, who she works for, what she does in her spare time.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
10) Not relevant: her gender.
— Meenakshi Madhavan (@reddymadhavan) June 12, 2015
So well put!
ReplyDeleteAgree with you on the points made, Meenakshi. You are one of the sane voices:)
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