Nick Hogan: Eight Months In Jail, Five Years Probation, Lifetime Of Regrets - Page 5
Nick has been handed a wonderful opportunity, if he will just realize it for what it is. He has a chance to grow up, a chance to realize what has happened, a chance to atone in some small way for the actions of that fateful night. While nothing will make John Graziano the man he once was, and while nothing will change what happened, taking responsibility and trying to change are huge steps in the right direction. After all, sentencing is not for revenge, but for punishment and then (hopefully) learning and maturing and cultivating within the person a sincere desire to not repeat the mistake.
If he truly understands all of this (and I personally don't believe that he truly does, not just yet), then he will also understand that he must live with this for the rest of his life. That is more than he can comprehend at the moment, considering his indulgent attitude, but he will learn that it is more sentence than any judge could hand down.
I sincerely hope that if there is any good to come out of this terrible event, it is that Nick, or anyone else thinking of doing something stupid, stops and thinks of John before they make a mistake that they will spend the rest of their days grieving over, and walk away from it. Both Nick and John exercised poor judgement that night. It is a horrible tragedy that John must spend his life not truly living...it would also be a tragedy if Nick (and, by extension, his family) continues to spend his time trying to deny his responsibility in this whole matter and end up not learning a thing.
A moment's bad decision can lead to a life of regrets.
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