Responsibility while being under influence
Following up the former article about responsibility for your own actions, I came across another newspaper story (norwegian story).
This article it is about a man from Trondheim, a city in Norway, cought for shoplifting while under influence. Apparently his lawyer thinks he shouldn’t be responsible for it, as he was too drunk at the moment. Thankfully the court saw the case otherwise and fined him close to 500 USD as well as 500 USD in case costs. This comes in addition to laywer fees, although the laywers say they will bring the case further for free.
Being drunk does not excuse your actions, it is your own free will to get drunk, and you should face the concequences for your actions while being drunk. Even the laywer is a hypocrit, and wants to distinguish between punishment law and property law.
We need to get a grip.
