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Post by Tar A on Mar 4, 2004 2:35:53 GMT -5
Today's issue for our communal puppet, please feel free to lodge your vote and participate in the debate. (Dilemma #59) - "Drunk Driving On The Rise" The IssueMore and more, citizens are drinking before getting behind the wheel. A group of concerned citzens wants something done. The Debate- Option 1: Fleur Wong, head of The New Pacific Order's chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous, says that drunk drivers need help. "Alcoholism is a nasty thing, a disease. The government has to help these poor souls to avoid the temptations of liquor, and wine, and beer, and hard cider, and brandy, and . . ." His eyes get a glazed far off look, "Where was I? Oh right, we have to help these people, not imprison them."
- Option 2: "That’s lovely," says Lars Jefferson, a noted anti-alcohol advocate, "In a perfect world where rehab fixes everything. But this is the real world, and it doesn’t bring back the victims. Drunk drivers kill people every day. If they take other's lives, the government must take theirs!"
- Option 3: "All of those plans attack the symptoms, not the disease," says Minister of Transportation Roxanne Licorish, "Alcohol is a curse, a poison sent by the Devil to tempt mankind. We cannot trust people to make decisions for themselves. The only answer is prohibition. Ban alcohol completely."
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Sir Paul
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Post by Sir Paul on Mar 4, 2004 3:06:58 GMT -5
I've had my vehicle totaled by a drunk driver. This was his 3rd conviction for drunk driving, and his first time for totaling 2 vehicles and injuring an infant. I think he was put away for two years. If he pulled that in my province, I'd execute the bastard!
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Post by Azerbaijanistanialand on Mar 4, 2004 12:27:57 GMT -5
Well Ive always felt that if other recreational drugs are banned, so too should alchohol . . . Option 3!
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Post by Tar A on Mar 4, 2004 20:02:33 GMT -5
You're Irish and you want alcohol banned? Hmm, there goes another stereotype
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