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I tend to agree with the "Life is not sacred" argument. But saying that or supporting it doesn't really mean I want to kill the world, but I would like to see some Zombie Apocalypse. For the record, I do Home Health Care, I am death's usher at work. I've bagged a few bodies in my day.

there was funeral toda for them
i almost cried
it was sad
@amung:no one really died

WOW.

Those people are trying too hard now.

After you attend some real funerals you'll understand my viewpoint about this nonsense.

This is a high school and not a JR. High right? At JH age this really is lawsuit material.

A fake funeral? Really????

Isn't that like, I dunno, a punch in the face for everyone who ever lost really someone close to them?

"Oh, I'm sorry Ma'm, I can understand how sad this FAKE funeral must make you since it reminds you of hour your husband died."

Exactly.

Waht would really have been freaky if you acted like a proper NO wedding and start singing and dancing once the "casket" was gone.

you peaple are horrible
especially ou frazzled
you guys dont seem to get what this is about

garret wrote:you peaple are horrible

Yup. Hell here we come.

especially you frazzled

QFT !



Mind though, you should meet his daughter.....*

*Disclaimer: The above was, of course, a subtley fragranced homage to Genghis Connie (ALL HAIL). Copyright 2009, void where prohibited etc etc.

garret wrote:you peaple are horrible
especially ou frazzled
you guys dont seem to get what this is about
i want this topic blocked know

You've got to be trying to be funny, only I type that badly.

Respectfully, what is it about then?
Sorry but turkeys running around in robes with fake funerals blah blah just sounds 1. Stupid. 2. Funny as hell 3. a waste of my money 4. Did I mention stupid? Its like a real life version of Hamlet II where the director gets to do a life play with the whole school.

ROck rock me, rock me sexy Jesus!

Mind though, you should meet his daughter.....*

*Disclaimer: The above was, of course, a subtley fragranced homage to Genghis Connie (ALL HAIL). Copyright 2009, void where prohibited etc etc.

Genghis Connie spares you life on the condition you bring her..A SHRUBBERY!

one thing to say be fore lock
this entire thing is to show the gravity and the reality of dui and related things
its not to scare its to inform
if you were there youd be with me period
read this dammit

I went to a party, Mom,
I remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,
The way you said I would.
I didn't drink and drive, Mom,
Even though the others said I should.

I know I did the right thing, Mom,
I know you are always right.
Now the party is finally ending, Mom,
As everyone is driving out of sight.

As I got into my car, Mom,
I knew I'd get home in one piece.
Because of the way you raised me,
So responsible and sweet.

I started to drive away, Mom,
But as I pulled out into the road,
The other car didn't see me, Mom,
And hit me like a load.

As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,
I hear the policeman say,
"The other guy is drunk," Mom,
And now I'm the one who will pay.

I'm lying here dying, Mom...
I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom?
My life just burst like a balloon.

There is blood all around me, Mom,
And most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom,
I'll die in a short time.

I just wanted to tell you, Mom,
I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others, Mom.
The others didn't think.

He was probably at the same party as I.
The only difference is, he drank
And I will die.

Why do people drink, Mom?
It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp pains now.
Pains just like a knife.

The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,
And I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying here dying
And all he can do is stare.

Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.
Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven, Mom,
Put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave.

Someone should have told him, Mom,
Not to drink and drive.
If only they had told him, Mom,
I would still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom.
I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom.
When I needed you,
you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.
Before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive,
So why am I the one to die?

*obvious Bush joke that could otherwise get a bit distasteful*

You quack me up.

Sorry.

..Hamlet II any good then ? Haven't seen it yet ?

Dude, I know that drinking and driving is a bad thing. Everyone does.

I just question the way they do it. But when a guy in black robes would show up in my classroom all I would do is start quoting Discworld.

Because your poem bored me to death?

Here's one
"Once there was a place where it never rained. THE END."
(Holes)

Sorry teenage emo angst. I can't help myself. Its like shooting fish in a barrel. You're "talking" to an uncaring unfiltered version of your Dad here you realize that right. You also realize he has a copy of all those dorky pictures you took when you were younger or in "a phase" and is just waiting to take them out and embarrass you with the GF right.

Dads: We forgive but we don't forget. We're just waiting for payback.

"Here's a pic a Jr. with that cowboy hat and blanket. Yes he's buck naked we could never keep his clothes on him."

Modquisition on:
Frazzled cut it out.
Moodquisition.
Shucks ok, I feel your pain.

reds8n wrote:*obvious Bush joke that could otherwise get a bit distasteful*

You quack me up.

Sorry.

..Hamlet II any good then ? Haven't seen it yet ?

Meh, its one of those movies where the preview is the best parts of the movie. Funny premise though.

Kinda resembles those chain letter things you find on Youtube all the time. I hate those.

As Anung said, we KNOW what this is about, we just question the ways that the messages are put out.

Scaring the gak out of you with a helicopter, a dude dressed as the reaper coming in and taking one of the students and saying she's dead, and a fake funeral. Doesn't that sound a LITTLE bit strange?

IB4TL. Gotta be prepared for these things

You could just show these kids a video with explicit scenes of violence and gore caused by recklesss driving.
I don't know if that would be more effective but at least it wouldn't be a friggin' fake funerall!!!

garret wrote:i want this topic blocked know

In b4 the block.

youd be suprise on how realistic it lokk
both cars were wrecked and they even used the jas of life

Anung Un Rama wrote:You could just show these kids a video with explicit scenes of violence and gore caused by recklesss driving.
I don't know if that would be more effective but at least it wouldn't be a friggin' fake funerall!!!

They used to-called Blood on the Highway. It was so bad we cheered although it made the girls green.

They didn't show that one in my Driver's Ed.

I was disappoint.

They showed us a vid that showed a fat dude driving with one hand. He was rofling all the way then he lost control then he flew out of his seat and ricocheted into the back seat.

Hilarious. But I think he was on LSD not drunk...

The real thing makes all that show seem kind of hollow. It is important to reach the youngsters, but when you see the real accident, there is nothing like it.

Where I used to live, our driveway was after a hill on a bend on a rural road. We would have accidents on that bend from time to time. One day about dusk we heard this loud bang down at the end of our driveway. When we got down there we found a jeep in three parts. The engine, the chassis, and the body. Apparently they had run off the road, and hit the culvert launching their jeep high into the air. The jeep came down on the back end. There were 4 teens in it. We found out later, they had just left a graduation party. The girl who was in the passengers seat, I will never forget. I remember seeing her hip bone sticking up about a foot and a half. To say she was mangled is polite. The two guys in the back were dead on impact. Probably their spines were pulverized. The driver was staggering around asking, "Why his friends wouldn't get up?" He had a few broken ribs. Understand that this was out in the country, so we had a volunteer fire department. Well, they started showing up. One of the firemen was the uncle of the girl. He had to be held back from killing the driver. If you want to know what pain sounds like.....it would have been his voice that day.

It is easy to laugh about DUI. But when the result is young children all over the road, it isn't very funny.

garret wrote:one thing to say be fore lock
this entire thing is to show the gravity and the reality of dui and related things
its not to scare its to inform
if you were there youd be with me period
read this dammit

I went to a party, Mom,
I remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,
The way you said I would.
I didn't drink and drive, Mom,
Even though the others said I should.

I know I did the right thing, Mom,
I know you are always right.
Now the party is finally ending, Mom,
As everyone is driving out of sight.

As I got into my car, Mom,
I knew I'd get home in one piece.
Because of the way you raised me,
So responsible and sweet.

I started to drive away, Mom,
But as I pulled out into the road,
The other car didn't see me, Mom,
And hit me like a load.

As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,
I hear the policeman say,
"The other guy is drunk," Mom,
And now I'm the one who will pay.

I'm lying here dying, Mom...
I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom?
My life just burst like a balloon.

There is blood all around me, Mom,
And most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom,
I'll die in a short time.

I just wanted to tell you, Mom,
I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others, Mom.
The others didn't think.

He was probably at the same party as I.
The only difference is, he drank
And I will die.

Why do people drink, Mom?
It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp pains now.
Pains just like a knife.

The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,
And I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying here dying
And all he can do is stare.

Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.
Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven, Mom,
Put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave.

Someone should have told him, Mom,
Not to drink and drive.
If only they had told him, Mom,
I would still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom.
I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom.
When I needed you,
you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.
Before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive,
So why am I the one to die?

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!
WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHHH!!!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!

Satisfied now!?!

In before lock...I have respect for life, but no fear of death, just of not dying quick enough and having to be in pain. I don't like pain.

the thing is i knew every single person in that crash
so that the point put you in a situation where you lost some one

I have one last question, Mom.
Before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive,
So why am I the one to die?

I sometimes I wish I'd never been born at all!

.

.

.

I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango...

thunder bolts and lightning, very very frightning.

but yea, i'd say the vids of actual scenes would be more effective then some cheap theatricals.

though what helped strike the message home for me was losing someone i knew that way, and then one of the things they were remembered for at their funeral was being a ranked player in some game.

trust me it was not cheap
2 car wrecked and everything
y,know i thought it was stupid 2 until i saw it

If that whole Reaper buiseness would happen to me (if I was still in school) everbody would have a good laugh because I neither drink or take drugs at all.