Comments on: Drunk on love

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:24:46 +0000

this girl was an innocent 17 year old, scared and didn’t know what to do. she panicked and obviously made up an excuse, if there’s a person out there that thinks this is what she acutally did I would love to hear their arguement. I feel for this young girl that obviously learned her lesson. She is now beyond her years in experience and is a successful young woman.

By: Jeff J. Snider

Jeff J. Snider — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:59:12 +0000

What would the apology say, Kyralessa? “We apologize for saying Joe Blow got arrested, even though he, ya know, DID get arrested”?

By: Kyralessa

Kyralessa — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:40:18 +0000

“The local newspaper [in Clarion, PA] regularly lists the names (and maybe even addresses?) of every person arrested for everything from passing bad checks to drunk & disorderly, etc. All of this is public information � no one has a right to ‘privacy’ after having been arrested.”

How bizarre and disturbing. I’d agree that you don’t have a right to privacy after being _convicted_ of a crime. But simply being arrested doesn’t prove you’re guilty of the crime you’ve been arrested for. Does this newspaper print retractions and apologies if the arrested individuals are later found not guilty?

By: Thoughtful Observer

Thoughtful Observer — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:51:51 +0000

First of all, being of Italian descent and someone who’s family was always on the wrong side of the mob, I still thought the joke was funny. Then again, maybe I have a sense of humor.

Second, many cultures have the attitude of saving face above all else. Doing something wrong isn’t wrong unless you get caught. She was young, she was stupid, and she will have learned a very strong lesson. Do you think she’ll ever drive drunk again? And if she doesn’t, and if she never kills anyone or permanently injures them, isn’t that the point. Driving drunk is a choice that is made. It isn’t anything she (or anyone else for that matter) is forced to do. She’s just getting more attention paid because she made the stupid comment that no one in their right mind would believe. And if this method saves lives – isn’t that worth it? If it deters more teenagers from drinking and driving and killing themselves or others, won’t her little embarrassment that will be over in a week have served its purpose? As someone who does not want to be killed by a drunk driver, I applaud the system.

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:44:40 +0000

I live in Vegas now but I’m originally an Italian from N.Y. I actually lived on the same block as the Genovese mob family. I also was friends with a young Gambino with a family of mob ties. So, it’s definitely not out of the question with that name that Eric is correct- lol.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:32:37 +0000

I don’t understand how apparently truthfully reporting an arrest can be said to “target and publicly humiliate” anyone. That is the kind of argument made by a celebrity’s publicist (and laughed at by most readers of newspapers & viewers of TV news).

I really think the difference in how some people feel about this has to do with how widespread a story like this can be transmitted these days. Like that guy in Australia a few weeks ago who put a seatbelt around his case of beer but not around his child, these types of stories can end up all over the world today. But does THAT FACT really mean that there should be different rules of journalism? Like I said above (#3) many small town newspapers have been reporting things like this every week for decades. Exactly WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE about a Long Island newspaper doing it?

By: sdlfkj

sdlfkj — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:51:32 +0000

the last 4 comments about her name and address are the dumbest things i’ve even seen.

what’s absolutely pathetic the media’s attempt to harass Gianna. She is a minor, she made a mistake, and she is paying the consequences. Obviously if she was drunk and nervous she would say something ridiculous like that on the spot, any 17 year old who had never gotten in trouble before would. This is not grounds for the media to target and publicly humiliate her.

By: Eric D. Snider

Eric D. Snider — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:55:59 +0000

Good point. I should have said: “With a name like Gianna Vigliotti, and the Long Island address, she is almost certainly the daughter of someone with Mob ties.”

By: George Dreyfus

George Dreyfus — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:52:01 +0000

“With a name like Gianna Vigliotti, she is almost certainly the daughter of someone with Mob ties.” What a cheap shot at someone with an Italian name. If her name were Sadie Goldberg, would you say “She almost certainly has a father who’s a money-grubbing loan shark?” If it were Shayana Washington would you say “She almost certainly has a brother in prison for selling crack?” Come on, this is not worthy.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:48:18 +0000

I’m just guessing here, but having your picture in the paper for having a DWI would only hurt someone’s professional life (work mostly) because think of it, if you got a DWI and your friends saw it they probably would not care one bit. I know if that happened to me my idiot friends would probably think it is cool.