Dan Biechele

[Swimmer]

I agree with you guys, too. The public officials though should be inside the front door of whatever jail Bichle is going to greeting him in prison garb. Its rare when someone stands and accepts blame as he did without trying to diminish his part.

[Saltheart]

I actually think he should have gotten less time in jail. Maybe none.

Nobody went out and said , lets torch this place. It all came about because of stupid actions on his part for lighting it , the owners for putting up the foam and the fire inspectors not ordering it removed.

Its all stupidity , not malice in any way. I say stupidity demands that they lose all their money to the families of the victimsbut doesn't dictate jail time.

Its a total screw up all around. If anything , the blame should go mostly on the proferssionals , (fire inspectors) who allowed the flamable foam to stay on the walls. They are paid to be experts in this area. stupidity by paid experts is less tolerable than stupidity by band managers.

I would probably think differently if my family had been burned in the fire.

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

I actually think he should have gotten less time in jail. Maybe none.

Nobody went out and said , lets torch this place. It all came about because of stupid actions on his part for lighting it , the owners for putting up the foam and the fire inspectors not ordering it removed.

Its all stupidity , not malice in any way. I say stupidity demands that they lose all their money to the families of the victimsbut doesn't dictate jail time.

Its a total screw up all around. If anything , the blame should go mostly on the proferssionals , (fire inspectors) who allowed the flamable foam to stay on the walls. They are paid to be experts in this area. stupidity by paid experts is less tolerable than stupidity by band managers.

I would probably think differently if my family had been burned in the fire.

I agree with Saltheart...that guy has to live with it everyday....at least he stood up......

[BigFish]

I agree with Skip....this guy and also the owners did not wake up that day thinking..."Hey....think I will kill 100 people today"! It was nothing but a horrific tragedy and these poor folks have to live with what happened....I can't think of what that will be like for them.....I don't think I could live with that....could you?

[BigFish]

You are driving down the street......not speeding just maybe distracted by your cell phone or the radio......you run a stop sign and kill 2 people in another car! Should you go to jail???? Think about that for a minute before you answer!!!

Happens all the time like that and folks who are at fault in these types of innocent acts of negligence do not go to jail.....they may get some community service....but they must live with it.

Think about it!