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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132440104" data-attributes="member: 1812660">What does that have to do with my point?&nbsp; My point isn't whether someone admits guilt or not.&nbsp; My point if two people engage in the exact same behavior, whether it is with malicious intent or just reckless negligence, those actions should be judged equivalent on a moral level regardless of the outcome.&nbsp; I understand that on a criminal level, the outcome must change the judgment/penalty.&nbsp; However that should not hold true in the court of public opinion.&nbsp; I fail to see why the public's opinion and the University's stance toward this behavior hinges how severe the consequences of the reckless behavior happen to be.&nbsp; This is in response to those who want to soft pedal what Huggins did with this DUI knowing full well they would be far more critical had his actions actually killed someone.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whatever stance you think the University should take with a coach in the event they kill 4 people in a crash while driving at 2.5x the legal limit and obviously drinking WHILE driving is the exact same stance you should think the University should take here.&nbsp; That is because only dumb luck, and nothing at all to do with Huggins actions, kept this event from being a real tragedy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132440104, member: 1812660"] What does that have to do with my point? My point isn't whether someone admits guilt or not. My point if two people engage in the exact same behavior, whether it is with malicious intent or just reckless negligence, those actions should be judged equivalent on a moral level regardless of the outcome. I understand that on a criminal level, the outcome must change the judgment/penalty. However that should not hold true in the court of public opinion. I fail to see why the public's opinion and the University's stance toward this behavior hinges how severe the consequences of the reckless behavior happen to be. This is in response to those who want to soft pedal what Huggins did with this DUI knowing full well they would be far more critical had his actions actually killed someone. [B]Whatever stance you think the University should take with a coach in the event they kill 4 people in a crash while driving at 2.5x the legal limit and obviously drinking WHILE driving is the exact same stance you should think the University should take here. That is because only dumb luck, and nothing at all to do with Huggins actions, kept this event from being a real tragedy.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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