It could have been avoided

I must say, I have to agree with Rose Menezes, public relations officer for Sector 4’s Community Policing Forum who is quoted in this article.  Whenever there is a public event and alcohol flows like a river, someone ends up hurt.

Who do we blame in this regard?

Surely when you make arrangements with friends to go to a festival, someone agrees to be the responsible person in the bunch?

Or does that only happen in my group of friends?

Still, the question remains, who do we blame? Of course the person who hurts another person is directly to blame, but what about those who are also links in this horrible chain of reaction?

What about the person who sold alcohol to the already drunk patron? Or the person who might have witnessed the wounded person collapse, but did not say or do anything?

What about the person’s friends? Why did they not go and search for their missing and hurt friend?

These question will not change what happened at Coronation Park this past weekend, but I sure hope it will open up some eyes.

It’s not just drinking and driving that is dangerous, but drinking and partying too.

Stay safe Krugersdorp.