NationStates Jolt Archive

The Issue
More and more, citizens are drinking before getting behind the wheel. A groups of concerned citzens wants something done.

The Debate
Stephanie Winters, head of Borgidiom's chapter of the AA, 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."

This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.


"That’s lovely," says Faith McGuffin, 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!"
[Accept]


"All of those plans attack the symptoms, not the disease," says Minister of Transportation Billy Barry, "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."
[Accept]
The Government Position
The government has indicated its intention to follow the recommendations of Option 1.

If you wish, you may simply dismiss this issue.


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This issue needs to have a fourth option saying that drink driving is execlent and should be encouraged not discouraged.

Right now we only have the option to choose the least of the evils.

This issue needs to have a fourth option saying that drink driving is execlent and should be encouraged not discouraged.

Right now we only have the option to choose the least of the evils.

True, more accidents are caused by sober people than by drunks! (in absolute numbers *cough*)

My general response is "just dismiss it", as one cannot add all imaginable options, but I agree that adding your suggestion as a fourth option would add an overlooked dimension to the issue altogether. Thumbs up! (and since I don't make the decisions here, that won't actually help you, but oh well... I'm providing moral support for ya!)

Ballotonia

Having an option to encourage drink driving? Isn't that more than a little bit silly, i no matter how liberal/oppressive a govenment you have.

What would be the effect?

I think the other option should be to keep sober people off the streets after midnight. The drunks never get killed in the crashes, it's always the innocents. If they're at home safe in their beds then there's no way they can get killed (unless the drunk crashes into their house). :wink:

Recent studies in Borgidiom have proved that sober people are the cause of drink driving accidents. If they were more considerate to drunks and need to understand that drunk people have a place on our roads.

Here in an example the other day I had just finished about tweleve beers when I decided that i would like to do some donoughts on Borgidiom avenue, when out of nowhere a normal sober person sped through a green light and crashed into me. What was he thinking.

You need to have a 4th option for those civil rights lovefest psycho nations... ie:

"What is you talking about... *hic!*" says local serial drunk driver Al Kohal, "*hic* Alkloha.. alkohoo.. alaka... booze has nothing to do with them crazy drivers! *hic* Yeah... soo.. um... can I have my liscense back...? heh... liscense... funny word... We don't need no *hic* stinking licenses.. people should just drive if they know how to... ... ...*hic*"

Having an option to encourage drink driving? Isn't that more than a little bit silly, i no matter how liberal/oppressive a govenment you have.

What would be the effect?

Intelligence and compasion of the rest of the population rise as the foolish and the selfish kill themselves.

To quote Larry Niven: "Consider it evolution in action".

I submitted one a bit like that a long time ago... Wait and see if the mods okay it. ;)

I thought about this when I wrote it, but that seemed, to me, too silly even for NS issues. I mean, drunks driving is, IMO, obviously a bad thing, no matter how crazy a goverment may be.

I think the other option should be to keep sober people off the streets after midnight. The drunks never get killed in the crashes, it's always the innocents. If they're at home safe in their beds then there's no way they can get killed (unless the drunk crashes into their house). :wink:

Comedy. :) To me, that is the key behind the issues.

This issue needs to have a fourth option saying that drink driving is execlent and should be encouraged not discouraged.

Right now we only have the option to choose the least of the evils.

True, more accidents are caused by sober people than by drunks! (in absolute numbers *cough*)

My general response is "just dismiss it", as one cannot add all imaginable options, but I agree that adding your suggestion as a fourth option would add an overlooked dimension to the issue altogether. Thumbs up! (and since I don't make the decisions here, that won't actually help you, but oh well... I'm providing moral support for ya!)


Ballotonia

I perfectley agree with that i mean what can you really do prohibition would be a breach of human rights and anyway you cant stop pepole drind driving.