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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm
Why not just go to the source and start charging bars that over-serve alchohol to people, or just eliminate alchohol altogether?
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Well guess what, they could do that, as it is illegal to serve someone who is drunk. But unless the cops are in the bar to see it, or have some other evidence that can prove that this guy got drunk at this bar there's nothing they can do.
But they sure as hell can prove that some dude who's being a drunk a****** is being a drunk a******.
And I love it when people who are so adamant that a law like this is infringing on their rights and then throw out something like "Just eliminate alcohol altogether", like it adds some weight to their argument.
Alcohol is a vice, and when you turn 18 you're given the right to consume it, but with that right comes the expectation that you can be a little bit responsible, and not act like a drunk jerk, or drive, or do any number of things. But if you do do those things you're going to get charged for them.
That's how the world works, you're given certain freedoms with the expecation that while excercising them you won't abuse them, and if you do, then you'll be expected to pay the consequences.
I have the right to drive, but not to speed. I have the right to have a campfire, but not start a 50 ft bonfire in the middle of a campground, I have the right to have a few beers, but not be a drunken beligerant a******.