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I suppose the question for velvetvandal is, if you were in this position, having held a party in a large building, would you accept the responsibility for someone's death to the point of potentially going to prison for it, simply because it was your party?
If it was a party in my home, then yes. If I'm hosting a party then it's my responsibility to make sure that the guests (a) have a good time and (b)enjoy themselves safely. That would include limiting access to obvious risk factors like drugs and a pool, probably on a 'one or the other' basis. My house, my party, my responsibility. Not to be facetious, but I think nobody dying is kind of a benchmark for a party's success...
If, however, I was hosting the party in some other kind of large building (i.e. a pub, club, whatever), I would assume the management to be responsible for the safety of myself and my guests.
It comes down to personal responsibility in the end. I would consider myself personally negligent if someone died during a party I gave at my house in the same circumstances as Lubbock, and would be willing to co-operate with the law in any way necessary.
On the other hand, I'm not a prominent gay entertainer who may or may not have psychological issues of some sort and who doesn't want the tabloids (who, pace Moss et al, have never shown themselves to be massively forgiving over the issue) to find out about my cocaine abuse. So I can see how Barrymore's feeling of how much he should co-operate would be circumscribed. But, if it was my party, I'd feel responsible. |
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