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Re:Yelp: Local Economic Impact Report by Grimm1 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:17PM (#24535379)
Sounds good to me let's get rid of alcohol the US has a really unhealthy relationship with it anyway, let's do it.

Lockdown protects the public health and has long standing precedent. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/197/11

Just come out and say you're a selfish person who doesn't care if they harm people instead of hiding behind all of the pretense that it's restricting you too much.

Re:Yelp: Local Economic Impact Report by thekyle on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:31PM (#24535532)
Given that the last time the U.S. banned alcohol it was a total disaster causing thousands of deaths, and we now live in a time where public sentiment towards many currently illegal drugs becoming legal is positive. I don't expect prohibition to come back any time soon.
Re:Yelp: Local Economic Impact Report by dredmorbius on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:43PM (#24535664)
Criminalising morality does tend to fare poorly. Setting responsibility at appropriate levels or behaviours (say, contributory negligence liability for drugs- or alcohol-based deaths or injury to the industry rather than individual users) might have merits.

Effective determination and points of control can be thorny.

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Re:Yelp: Local Economic Impact Report by Grimm1 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @08:02PM (#24538489)
Sounds like the governments fault. I don't believe in allowing choices that go against the grain of common sense and utilitarian consequence.