Re: Don't drink in Tejas...


DG wrote:

Busting people in bars for being drunk is going to piss off
bartenders, bar owners and patrons. Stupid tejans...


Well, I gotta say, it makes a lot more sense to me to bust drunks for
being drunk than what they do up here in Massachusetts, which is
prosecute bartenders for serving liquor to patrons who commit crimes
after leaving their bar.

My sister was a bartender for more than 20 years until they dragged her
into court because someone she served **one Miller Lite** to caused an
accident and had a blood alcohol level higher than the legal limit.
She wasn't convicted, but only because an off-duty police officer was
in her bar and testified that the guy only drank one beer there and
didn't appear drunk to him. She was damn lucky. She gave up
bartending after that, and now she drives a cab. She makes half of
what she used to, but I don't blame her. That is one loco law, and I
must say, it is representative of the worst of the liberal mind-set:
the tendancy to blame everyone but the perptrator for his actions.

Now if we could just advance our public policy to embrace the idea that
you punish those who actually harm others, not those who the government
deems likely to cause harm. It's a subtle distinction, but makes all
the difference. Not arresting a driver soley due to a number on a
blood alcohol test would be a good start.

One Dipsomaniac's Opinion,
Neil X.

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