Jusatele
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I only want clarification
the problem with regulation is, when do we start and when do we let it ride? What I see as a matter of taking personal responsibility, others see as their right. I will have a few drinks at a restaurant, if I do not need to drive home. I drink at home, not at bars. If I go to a party and drink there is a DD. Those are my choices. I have never been arrested for any thing related with drinking, I cannot say that about most of my friends, DUIs, fighting, etc, But I look at their example and decide not to do it.
I can say that I have the potential, but until I do I am innocent, and that is what abstinence is all about. Not trusting someone to be able to abide.
I personally believe if we taught more personal responsibility to people, and less of the deny so you do not get in trouble attitude we would not need a lot of the regulations we have.
an example of such is: the cardboard window shades you use while parked to protect your dash, on each one is a warning to not have it in the window while operating the vehicle, the reason they have that is a guy sued the maker of one because his son took the Suburban to the mall, started it up after shopping, put it in gear before taking down the shield and ran over a Subaru parked in front of him. He sued the shield company because he wanted them to take responsibility for his child's stupidity and won .
So now we need to warn people not to drive with a cardboard shield blocking their view.
At what point do we accept that maybe people are responsible for what the do. We do not need to regulate drinking, if you drink so much and drive,that is different, if you squander all your money on booze and your family is destitute, that is not the drinks fault, it is yours. Do not regulate me because you cannot handle something. People abuse food and get to be 500 pounds, does that mean I need a regulation on how I eat?
The frustration you feel from me asking you questions is you need to rethink stuff, when you regulate because of one thing, it effects others. And that can be worse than the original problem. The USA at one time had probation, it never cured one social problem, it just made them worse, and the crime that it created was one of the heydays for gangsters in our history. Abstinence is a personal decision, not a social one.
the problem with regulation is, when do we start and when do we let it ride? What I see as a matter of taking personal responsibility, others see as their right. I will have a few drinks at a restaurant, if I do not need to drive home. I drink at home, not at bars. If I go to a party and drink there is a DD. Those are my choices. I have never been arrested for any thing related with drinking, I cannot say that about most of my friends, DUIs, fighting, etc, But I look at their example and decide not to do it.
I can say that I have the potential, but until I do I am innocent, and that is what abstinence is all about. Not trusting someone to be able to abide.
I personally believe if we taught more personal responsibility to people, and less of the deny so you do not get in trouble attitude we would not need a lot of the regulations we have.
an example of such is: the cardboard window shades you use while parked to protect your dash, on each one is a warning to not have it in the window while operating the vehicle, the reason they have that is a guy sued the maker of one because his son took the Suburban to the mall, started it up after shopping, put it in gear before taking down the shield and ran over a Subaru parked in front of him. He sued the shield company because he wanted them to take responsibility for his child's stupidity and won .
So now we need to warn people not to drive with a cardboard shield blocking their view.
At what point do we accept that maybe people are responsible for what the do. We do not need to regulate drinking, if you drink so much and drive,that is different, if you squander all your money on booze and your family is destitute, that is not the drinks fault, it is yours. Do not regulate me because you cannot handle something. People abuse food and get to be 500 pounds, does that mean I need a regulation on how I eat?
The frustration you feel from me asking you questions is you need to rethink stuff, when you regulate because of one thing, it effects others. And that can be worse than the original problem. The USA at one time had probation, it never cured one social problem, it just made them worse, and the crime that it created was one of the heydays for gangsters in our history. Abstinence is a personal decision, not a social one.
