On Monday, June 11, 2001 5:16 PM, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>Since alcohol is implicated in half of traffic fatalities and a significant
>number of acts of violence, how much regulation do you think should be put
>on its availability and use?
>-- Ronn! :)
Well, there are laws that limit the activities that your allowed to
engage in while under the influence of alcohol. You are not allowed
to drive any vehicule while drunk. Drunkenness is even a reason for
arrest. Since the laws forbidding driving wgile drunk were passed and
have actually started to be enforced, the number of accidents has
dramatically dropped. It is now a matter of how far we need to go,
diminishing the rights of all to make sure that the few don't transgress
the laws. In all cases, wether it be alcohol, drugs or firearms, it is
a matter of balancing individual freedom against the good of the population.
Jean-Louis Couturier
