Re:One college town's uneasy embrace of drinking
by nemothekid on Monday December 01, 2014 @05:04PM
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It would take something short of a drunk driving massacre to get the momentum needed to harshly punish drunk driving.
Like many laws in America a lot of it emotion driven - a lower drinking age would most likely help the college binge drinking problem, but advocating for such a law means someone is going to call you out on trying to turn the children of America into alcoholics.
Likewise, no one wants to be on the other end of the outrage when celebrity/athlete/politician gets 10 years for having a "couple beers" after work (doesn't everyone have a couple beers? thats too harsh! /s).
Like many laws in America a lot of it emotion driven - a lower drinking age would most likely help the college binge drinking problem, but advocating for such a law means someone is going to call you out on trying to turn the children of America into alcoholics.
Likewise, no one wants to be on the other end of the outrage when celebrity/athlete/politician gets 10 years for having a "couple beers" after work (doesn't everyone have a couple beers? thats too harsh! /s).