A newspaper in Maryland is offering a free coffin to the first victim of a drunk driving accident this holiday season. Part of their promo is below.
Tired of all the nagging of loved ones, stupid commercials from MADD, cops, judges and addiction counselors? Throw a final bender this Christmas and get a cheaper funeral by being the ST. MARY’S TODAY Christmas Party DWI Dead Driver Winner!
A newspaper editor, whose family has dealt with deadly drunk driving accidents, is offering a coffin to the first person who dies this holiday season from a drunk driving accident.
St. Mary’s Today editor Ken Rossignol was never shy about a journalistic style some say borders on the sensational. For years, he has posted the names of local people arrested on DWI charges in every weekly edition. “So the message is, don’t drink and drive.” He says people aren’t listening.
Now, he’s offering a free coffin to the first person who kills him or herself in a drunk driving accident in the Charles, Calvert, St. Mary’s County region. “You wanna die? We’re gonna make it cheaper for you.”
Personally I think this a little fucked up. I don’t condone drunk driving but to encourage someone to get drunk and drive doesn’t seem right. If you are that die hard about fighting drunk driving there has got to be a more productive way to do it. How ironic would it be if this guy had one to many glasses of nog and ended up having to award the coffin to himself?
Original Story: News Channel 8
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
I live in St. Mary’s County in Maryland and the St. Mary’s Today newspaper is the worst newspaper ever created. People here believe it to be worse than the National Inquirer. The fabricate entire stories that are beyond outrageous just in an attempt to make a buzz so they can sell more papers. They are dumb and need to bury themselves in that coffin so we dont have to deal with their stupid bullshit anymore. It irritates the fuck out of me that people believe it is a credible news source and continue to talk about the things printed in it. I feel dumber for even having listened to any story they produced.