Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time?
by koolba on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:56AM
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> Reverse your logic and remove all rules applied now; no seat belts for cars I mean take them out not just give the option to use or not.
That’s a pretty dumb example. People clearly want safety features in cars. Seatbelts existed well before they were mandated.
They shouldn’t be mandated but people should wear them anyway.
> No regulation of alcohol use any age anywhere any time.
I’m fine with that too. If someone is drunk and belligerent there’s plenty of other reasons to arrest them.
But having a beer in the park is banned because you’re worried about a bunch of winos?
> No rules for smoking any age any time anywhere. And so on. Pretty soon it would be a mess for everyone.
Having restrictions for children is orthogonal. That’s us as a society deciding that children are not capable of making informed decisions.
We’re not with them 24/7 so we as a society set rules for what we allow them to do when we are not around.
On that topic, I think it’s fine for a parent to give alcohol to their child. That’s the parents decision. But that doesn’t mean I think we should have 10 year olds buying 40’s.
That’s a pretty dumb example. People clearly want safety features in cars. Seatbelts existed well before they were mandated.
They shouldn’t be mandated but people should wear them anyway.
> No regulation of alcohol use any age anywhere any time.
I’m fine with that too. If someone is drunk and belligerent there’s plenty of other reasons to arrest them.
But having a beer in the park is banned because you’re worried about a bunch of winos?
> No rules for smoking any age any time anywhere. And so on. Pretty soon it would be a mess for everyone.
Having restrictions for children is orthogonal. That’s us as a society deciding that children are not capable of making informed decisions.
We’re not with them 24/7 so we as a society set rules for what we allow them to do when we are not around.
On that topic, I think it’s fine for a parent to give alcohol to their child. That’s the parents decision. But that doesn’t mean I think we should have 10 year olds buying 40’s.