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Originally Posted by Halx
You all seem to be content to say that this guy should have known. Well, this was nothing but a gig. This was not a situation where he was familiar with every detail. You walk into a club, you set up your gear, you get ready to play. You don't analyze every detail of the scene, and you don't observe the chemical structure of the walls. If you're the manager of a rock band named Great White, chances are, you're not educated enough to consider these things. Not to mention, you probably don't know that you even need a permit.
Ignorance in this case is a lot different than driving drunk. You don't have television ad campaigns telling people not to rig their own pyrotechnics. Pyrotechnics are not one of the top 5 causes of death amongst teens.
I think this guy's guilt will speak for itself. A shitload of community service is all that this warrants. People seem to be awfully vengeful about this, but I think that's just because they want to see blood.
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If you're the manager of the band, isn't it your JOB to know these things? Isn't it your job to make sure that the venue is ok with you setting off fireworks? If not, then who's job is it? It's got to be someone's.
I agree that drunk driving isn't a good analogy for this case - that's why most states have a separate crime for vehicular manslaughter. I think that a better analogy is someone who smokes in bed and burns down an apartment building. Sure, it's a little dangerous, but most smokers have done it at one point or another. They certainly don't mean to kill anyone by having one last smoke, but that didn't save the little kid who died on the South Side of Chicago earlier this week because this exact cause.
Anytime you cause multiple deaths because you make a dumbass, preventable mistake, I think that jail time is warranted. Sure there may be exceptions to that rule, but the manager's mistake killed 100 people in this situation. I think that the manager and both owners need to serve some time here - it's an insult to the victims and their families otherwise.