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03-24-2006 #11
I don't understand your post?
What rights given to who? Police, government?
What has been going on for years? Getting arrested in bars for being drunk?
seanchai
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03-24-2006 #12Originally Posted by MegabodyNYC
COMPLACENY SHIT LIKE THIS IS WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN THE USA BUT ELSEWHERE IN STUPID SITUATIONS AND ONLY MAKES IT WORSE - YOU ACTUALLY AGREE IT'S OK TO ARREST SOMEONE IN A PUB BECAUSE THEY'RE DRUNK.
MB, HAVE YOU EVER LIVED OUTSIDE THE USA OR EVEN TAKE A DAY TRIP TO ANOTHER COUNTRY? IT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE - THAT'S THE BIG CON, BUDDY AND YOU BOUGHT RIGHT INTO IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SEANCHAI
BTW - I WAS ABOUT TO SHOW YOU A TIGHT AND TINY BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK BECAUSE I HAD TO WASTE MY TIME REFUTING YOUR BOLLOCKS
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03-24-2006 #13
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET NYC TO DRESS UP BUT I THINK ALLANAH HAS HIS CONTRACT TIGHTER THAN PENELOPE'S ASS.
I SAW THE TV SHOW ON USA BEFORE I LEFT. THANKS FOR MAKING MY GF SICK WHEN YOUR ARM FELL OFF. GOOD SHOW THOUGH.
SEANCHAI
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03-24-2006 #14
YEAH I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE UP TO - YOU'RE MY ONLY CLAIM TO FAME KNOW THAT CLOONEY DOESN'T INVITE ME OVER FOR A GUINNESS AND FUCKING DANIEL CRAIG DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW ME SINCE HE GOT THE BOND GIG - IT WAS ALL BUDDIES A FEW YEARS AGO BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
NYCE, I HEARD IT WAS HIM WHO WROTE THAT BIZARRE ARTICLE IN A COMPLETE MARKETING IDEA FOR ALLANAH ONLY HE SCREWED UP AND FORGOT TO MAKE IT OBVIOUS IT WAS A PARODY.
SEANCHAI
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03-24-2006 #15
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Originally Posted by seanchai
And, yes; getting arrested in bars has been going on for years, as has other strange laws and enforcements. Prohibition. "The War on Drugs". It's all political paranoia. Stupid politics, that's for sure.
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03-24-2006 #16
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03-24-2006 #17
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Originally Posted by Felicia Katt
They're arresting them for public intoxication, not DWI before they enter the car. PI and DWI are both illegal in Texas, and I don't have a problem with that at all, and I drink, but don’t get wasted off my ass like some people do. Just watch the morning news and you'll see horrendous accidents caused by drunk drivers, or troll the streets in your vehicle when the bars and clubs close. You'll see a car here and there swerving off-center in its lane. Not long ago while returning home, I sat for a half hour in a traffic jam in the middle of the day, only to see two mangled cars on the freeway. The accident was caused by a drunken teenager racing another car. A pregnant woman was killed. There are always cases every year where drunken patrons leave a bar on foot to go home, cross the street, and get smacked by a car. In a hospital visitor’s area one night, I overheard doctors trying to explain to a woman that her husband had no face to repair. He left a bar drunk, stepped out onto the highway, and got mowed down by an eighteen wheeler.
Intoxicated pedestrians can also be a nuisance and even a danger to the public. I have a police scanner, and listen from time to time while I’m working. Yesterday there was a call put out on an intoxicated individual banging his fists on the windows of a small business. It was only 1:00 in the afternoon.
Contrary to what Seanchai may believe, this is not an infringement upon our civil liberties in this state. This is not ‘just the start’ as Seanchai would have it, as I’ve lived here my entire life. That has been the law here for as long as I can remember, and DWI’s have increased here in recent times. The state decided to use that law to perform stings to curb DWI’s and PI’s. They always do this temporarily and usually stop it after a while. Sometimes there is a need for ‘zero tolerance’ to make communities safer for everyone.
Now in Texas, you can be wasted in your home or yard, and there’s nothing the police can do about it, unless you’re causing a disturbance.
The law is simple, and is there for the good of the community at large. These are not Storm Troopers invading our private lives on the order of a government with totalitarian aspirations. Even the police who are arresting these individuals drink. You get arrested when you’ve gone too far with it. And all they do is lock you up for the night to sober up, and then release you in the morning. And for the most part, the police are still pretty reasonable and tolerant. Even if they know you’ve been drinking, as long as you have your wits about you, they’ll pretty much leave you alone.
It’s been that way for a long long time, and for good reason.
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03-24-2006 #18Originally Posted by MegabodyNYC
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Life is essentially one long Benny Hill skit punctuated by the occasional Anne Frank moment.
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03-24-2006 #19
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That really doe stake the piss. You know if they tried it here in the UK, there would probably be a revolt.
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03-24-2006 #20
Only in America...
You're being arrested before the crime? If you proved you didn't have a car can you be arrested?
We all agree that drunk driving is a crime that's not in question but how about we arrest all women before getting into cars for reckless driving and operating an auto without due care and attention?
How about we arrest every tranny who steps out of her apartment dressed slutty for the possiblility that she's going to solicit to prostitute.
It is a liberty being taken away from you and it's ridiculous. The mind boggles what people will sit back and take next.
seanchai