I suppose it'll be his probation officer's fault because she locked his ass up. Not because he was drinking while on probation. I want to feel sorry for him. He obviously has an issue with alcohol. But, yeah. You know where I'm going with that.
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My wife is from there, there's really nothing going on in Harrisburg, the only classmates of hers that stayed were the ones that got knocked up. Most went to Philly, some to New York. It probably isn't any worse than Ohio though.
I do feel bad for his kid though. Hopefully he sees it as a lesson and doesn't follow in his footsteps. Maybe he got some sweet driving skillz though watching his dad run from the cops on the way to a water park.
I don't know how it works in Texas, but here, yes, there is that option. Unless the person is stubborn enough to reject treatment and opt for jail instead. Happens more often than you think.
My lawyer said the hung over the next day driving was his biggest source of probation violations. Dixie asked for my address a few years ago when he was locked up or in between being locked up. I was in China and didn't feel like having a prison pen pal but you do got to feel for the dude. He's an idiot who broke the rules and is paying the price but he seems like a half decent dude who, doesn't seem over the internet, to be some violent criminal. Prison has got to be a rough fucking place to get through.
Re: Re: WDT 10/11/13 Depends on what joint he is going to, putting money on his book would be a better way to go. It's easy for some of you dicks to call him a shit bag, just keep that in mind when you feel the long dick of the law slowly fucking you sans lube. State prison is preferable to the federal pens, still a shitty way to spend your time.
The odds are not in the boy's favor. Shame. He spent his youth watching dad in court, visiting his uncle in jail, being used by his parents as a tool to perpetuate their arguments. Now he gets to visit his dad in jail, too, and live with an unstable mother. With a little luck he doesn't end up as bitter and evasive as his dad. There is no safety in the boy's life, I am sure of it. Blame is a terrible thing. It's easy to give, horrible to accept. People will do anything, absolutely anything, to avoid it. The mental maneuvering they engage in is near delusional. The frothing hate they spew at others is uncanny. Ego is not a trifle to some folks.
I almost feel bad for the guy, he seems more like a fuck up than a criminal. I hope he does ok in prison, he doesn't seem like the type that would do too well. Where I stop feeling bad for him is his reluctance to see the fault in his behavior, the reason he thinks he gets in trouble is because of everyone else being a dick to him. As has been said, I feel bad for his kid. He'll grow up with his dad in prison, and because of genetics and environment is more prone to going to prison himself. Its kind of like how alcoholism is hereditary, I feel like criminality is the same. The kid sees his dad and uncle in jail, doesn't want to do the same thing, but is likely to have learned some bad behaviors from them. The older I get the more compassion I have for kids, I still hate the little bastards, but some get a tough draw. Growing up in an unstable family with your dad in jail? Totally not his fault, and he's getting screwed and is a bit doomed to leading a similar life. Unless the kid has great character, it'll be easy for him to fall into a similar behavior pattern as his dad. Hopefully the kid is strong enough to avoid that lifestyle.
Don't assume that I think criminality is in the blood, I think its born of family history and learned behaviors. Also sometimes, people are just criminal because of their own disposition.
From what I've seen on the foster care side, the poor kid is more than doomed. Most of the children who visited our house had parents that were previously in the system, so it's all they know as they grow up. A couple were third generation foster kids. I wish him the best. Dixie seems like a very nice guy online but his head is way too far up his ass for me to feel very sorry for him. His son is the one I feel for.
I feel bad, but I don't. I have known several people while they were on probation. Some of them followed their guidelines/restrictions to the letter because they had genuine remorse and the thought of getting into even more trouble scared the shit out of them. Some didn't care about consequences and continued to drink, drive drunk, and make bad decisions in general regarding a work situation and/or relationships. There was everything in between those two extremes. Probation is your chance to clean out your life of anything that has a negative influence on your thoughts and behaviors. Dixie had his chance, and his kid was a pretty great reason to not fuck it up.
Re: Re: WDT 10/11/13 This whole statement seems to imply that we're all at the mercy of getting screwed over by "the law" through no fault of our own. You could argue that he deserved rehab, or that it sucks he got caught on a small/boarderline offense... but, in the end, his circumstances were self-inflicted, and his contempt for law enforcement just shows how little he believes it to be his own responsibility. Nobody got "fucked sans lube." Well. At least not from the legal system.