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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I don't think you've had much experience in dealing with drunks. The drunks I've dealt with are much easier to deal with when sober and are actually able to think and reason. After a few too many, not so much and they often get on a one tract mind, repeating over and over again and becoming wilder in their opinions of whatever is picking their anger that evening. With Israel in the news, it's easier for drunks to get in that mindset, whether they know anything on the subject or not, they need to vent. I know i've mad an ******* of myself when drunk and said and done things that I wouldn't sober. I'm not letting drunks off, they made the decision to get drunk and if they break the law they should pay but to take a drunks ravings as how they truely feel, is foolish in my opinion.
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Sure, but do you change your core beliefs when you're drunk? Become a bigot where sober you're not? That would seem really, really odd. I've seen plenty of my friends wasted drunk, and none of them have 'turned bigoted' because they were drunk. They're the same person, they just lack self-control. Just like Mel; he's the same guy, just at that point he wasn't keeping his beliefs to himself, he was shouting them out to the cops.
Plus, he wasn't wasted drunk. His blood alcohol (especially for an alcoholic) was pretty low. You start yelling racist remarks after 4 beers?