re: ESPN: Georgia football recruiting staffers routinely drove after drinking

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I've heard this for close to a year now and never really understood why this makes Carter the spawn of Satan.

Aside from a lot of people on high horses that would do the same thing...I've never understood why he was judged so harshly for a split second decision made in what was surely a terrible, irrational headspace after he just saw someone die. Who TF makes good decisions in the face of that??

Yes, leaving is wrong. I don't think panicking and leaving is hard to understand though or some "sign of evil"

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That is the most rational explanation of Carter's actions that I've heard to date, and I can accept the explanation.

I'd counter with, that what people call "split second decisions" aren't made in a split second. All of our previous behaviors and the events of our lives influence the decisions we make in the moment. Neurologically speaking, all of this happens in the Amygdala, the part of the brain that controls our thoughts and actions during high stress "fight or flight" situations. It doesn't make Carter "evil", it just means his base mode was to extract himself from the situation.