Drinking and driving kills my Cousin! Was Buried on Sember.26,2009 ~RIP PAUL~

[CanadianMike]

What good outcome is there from drinking alcoholic beverages? NOTHING!

So here is a BETTER IDEA. BAN IT.

even look at nations which technically have alcohol banned, its not a problem to get a hold of it....theres always an extensive black market. ask people who have gone on vacation to a country where alcohol is 'banned'.

No more abuse, accidents, death due to this pathetic drink.

right....because when something is banned, people dont do it.....

'abuse, accidents, and death (murder)' are all illegal as it is....

I cannot believe why the government and people waste so much money trying to teach people not to drink and drive and setting up road stops for tests when they can just BAN the drink.

.......because banning wont stop it from being used!!

Yes, I am sure there will be some people who will be able to get it illegally, but at least MOST of the problems will be solved.

i dont know how you came to that conclusion. if anything, bans can just raise associated risks (see: war on drugs).

It is so ridiculous how much people are willing to do just so they can drink this worthless beverage that doesn't even taste good.

some people like the taste of various alcoholic beverages.....besides, how do you know it tastes bad if you are always claiming you dont use it?

Man, as soon as I am done with school, I am so out of here.

from what you express in your posts, you'd be more comfortable in a country where removing limbs is punishment for crimes.

[Krakilin0405]

Alcohol won't be banned, it's been around for soooo long, it's just not going to happen. Just to play devil's avocate here... I know what you're saying, alcohol drinks is totally unnecessary, there are other drinks like water / juice / pop which does not have those side effects, besides alcohol actually makes you MORE thirsty! That being side, I'm not an addict, I don't drink at home, but I love getting drunk when I go to weddings with open bar! It would really suck to take this enjoyment away!!! Don't blame the drinks, blame the irresponsible people who use them!

Stay alive, don't drink and drive!

[jcon]

Alcohol won't be banned, it's been around for soooo long, it's just not going to happen.

I don't believe it will be banned either but alcohol had been around a long time when prohibition came in. Not exactly that long ago.

[beerbaron105]

guns banned = we now have a gun problem
drugs banned = we now have a drug problem
alcohol banned = _____________ fill in the blanks

[nutsackninja]

Step 1) Ban Alcohol
Step 2) ???
Step 3) Profit

[Kenny Blankenship]

Step 1) Ban Alcohol
Step 2) ???
Step 3) Profit

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[Nikita]

b/c he deserves it? to rot in jail i mean.

He may, but his family doesn't, which was my question after all. To 'die' in jail I mean, as the OP expressed her wishes...

What good outcome is there from drinking alcoholic beverages? NOTHING!

So here is a BETTER IDEA. BAN IT.

No more abuse, accidents, death due to this pathetic drink. I cannot believe why the government and people waste so much money trying to teach people not to drink and drive and setting up road stops for tests when they can just BAN the drink.

Yes, I am sure there will be some people who will be able to get it illegally, but at least MOST of the problems will be solved.

It is so ridiculous how much people are willing to do just so they can drink this worthless beverage that doesn't even taste good. Man, as soon as I am done with school, I am so out of here.

Before you finish school you might want to take a history course or two. You'd learning BANNING IT has already been tried, it was call Prohibition and it failed miserably, just as (as others have mentioned) the war on drugs has failed miserably, and the war on guns has failed miserably.

If you really believe that if alcohol were banned "No more abuse, accidents, death due to this pathetic drink", I do hope you take your educated self elsewhere, because your education has also failed miserably.

And BTW, before you jump to the unreasonable conclusion that anybody who's disagreeing with you is an alcoholic or a drinker at all...I'm a non-drinker

[v_tofu]

He may, but his family doesn't, which was my question after all. To 'die' in jail I mean, as the OP expressed her wishes...

his family doesn't deserve what though? He's still alive. They can visit, shoot the breeze (behind plexi glass), visit him at the hospital jail during his last hours when he's dying, etc.

Making the comparison is completely ridiculous.

It's not like the police randomly picked him up and threw him in jail. He's in jail due to his actions.

[Nikita]

his family doesn't deserve what though? He's still alive. They can visit, shoot the breeze (behind plexi glass), visit him at the hospital jail during his last hours when he's dying, etc.

Making the comparison is completely ridiculous.

It's not like the police randomly picked him up and threw him in jail. He's in jail due to his actions.

I didn't say he shouldn't be in jail, nor did I make a comparison of anything. I said I was surprised that someone who is grieving the loss of a family member would wish another family the same thing. Again, so as not to confuse you, I'm relating this to her stated wish that he die in jail.