Psyclotron
dance magic dance
I'm not going to speak for Kurt, he can do that for himself.
We've already established that his "mistake," as you put it, is not an isolated incident, but a deliberate act. That's not a mistake, it's a choice.
If he said that it's no excuse, then stop making excuses and just say, "There is no excuse for my actions, I'm sorry." He might, hypothetically, go on to say that he will keep it on his side of the DY and take his drifting or togueing or whatever the hell it is to close-circuit tracks. That would have been the way to handle it. Saying "I'm not making excuses BUT..." just shows that you still make excuses.
Turning him into the police is a severe consequence for a severely fucked-up pattern of behavior that has severe consequences. It is, however, much less severe than a judge telling him to attend the funeral of his victim before going to jail while ownership of his parents' home is turned over to the victim's family as compensation. Based on my experience, his posts and his behavior pattern, I doubt he has ever faced many consequences. I would put money on his parents being permissive in their parenting style and not enforcing consequences for misdeeds. These lessons are ones that many of us learn early in life stealing cookies as children. Now he's older and he doesn't get it, so, to combat years of ingrained behavior and thought patterns, a more direct approach is required. Anything less will be perceived as weakness and he will likely think that he managed to talk his way out of yet another consequence. This single act of reporting him to the police, may, in the long run, be the single greatest force in reforming him, or at least getting him off the road for a while. He will likely cry that it's not fair and that no one was hurt, that he did nothing wrong and that we, as motorcyclists, are unfairly persecuting him. Tough. That's the result of his decision; the consequence for his actions.
I personally think Kurt was more than charitable in not calling the cops immediately. I can't say that I would have done the same.
Well said. Charitable and patient enough indeed.




. 
