There are deaths that come as a shock and add melancholic textured to any day, and then there are deaths that simply come as side-notes. And then there's Ryan Dunn, prominent member of the Jackass team, and he went out in such a way as you'd likely expect. Still, it came as something of a shock when I saw on twitter that his car flew through the air into a tree, at which moment it exploded. When I first read it, I was so sure that it was some kind of joke, because it just sounded so appropriate. Some things just sound too convenient to be true.
Of course, there is absolutely nothing convenient about Ryan Dunn's passing. I always thought that if one of the Jackass troop were to go out, they'd do it in dedication to their trade. In any case, in the aftermath of his death, there has been quite a bit of anger going back and forth twixt people. It started somewhere around the point where Roger Ebert tweeted "Friends don't let Jackass' drink and drive." That's easily the sort of statement that can cause an onslaught of anger from the twitter-verse, regardless of his intent in saying it.
It's hard to tell if people were angered by the insinuation that Dunn had been drunk driving, or the crass way in which he seemed to say it. It has since been confirmed that his blood toxicity level was above the permitted level, so any denial is foolish at this point. Still, what's the point in chastising somebody who lost their life in a fashion that could be seen as truly horrific. What's the point in blaming somebody for it? These things happen, and it's horrible, but I suppose it's just a reminder of how reality always dictates rules.
