Kevin's Sentence Argumentative Essay

Kevin’s Sentence is a 25 minute audio clip that allows people to relive the experience of an 18 year old Canadian named Kevin Hollinsky and his drunk driving experience that happened on the 30th of July, 1994. Best friends of Kevin; Joey Camlis aged 18 and Andrew Thompson aged 19 were the unfortunate people whose lives were lost that night due to being under the influence. The short audio clip covers eveything from the tragic event to Kevin travelling around Windsor and it’s various highschool giving out presentations about drink driving and its consequences. Overall in the end I have many mixed feelings about the audiotape as I believe that is was both a good idea the court made, yet unnecessary in the long run. As despite the fact that Kevin

Parents of the victims Cindy Camlis and Dale Thompson both give us examples of their love for Kevin as they state the following: “ Guilty of being a true friend.”-Cindy and “Kevin is a nice kid, but bad things can happen to nice kids, and it did.” - Dale. Both short statements from the parents were one of the many positive things talked about Kevin that ultimately allowed Kevin to be spared from incarceration due to the parents plea’s which I found to be a miracle considering the circumstance. In view of this it was a smart move made by the court to spare a young reckless teenager and make an example of him. Allowing kids his age and younger to receive the message and possibly make better choices for themselves and everyone else around them, as a student in the audio tape can be heard saying “When it’s a kid your age, you actually listen to them.” However as the audiotape continue I began to contradict myself as I began to see Kevin’s opportunity to have a free life turned into a punishment. I later became appalled as they were essentially forcing him to relive the horrific experience constantly, just for the benefit of the future generation who couldve or chosen not to listen to Kevin and his warning of the repercussions of drink

Nevertheless in this situation drink driving is a common thing that happens daily in New Zealand and other countries around the gobe. Which is why people give advice to eachother on things that should or not do. Personally advice I would give to other kids my age older and younger would be to not do anything your not supposed to. For example if your underage don’t drink, if you don’t have a licence don’t drive, etc. I would also like to ephasize on Kevin’s advice given during the audiotape as he says: “Call a cab, don’t go with anyone who’s been drinking or driving, walk if you have to, stay where your at, call your parents.” Overall personally I believe that the message meant to be taken from the audio was to think before you act or do something, if it includes yourself and others as your actions may or can cause