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Reinhold Niebuhr at TNR
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One of the more provocative chapters in Superfreakonomics dealt with exactly this phenomenon, and found that per mile traveled, drunk walking is much more dangerous to a drunk individual than drunk driving.
Which just backs up my belief that drinking at home, alone, is the correct way to tie one on. It's the people who go somewhere else such that they know in advance that at the point of maximum drunk, they're going to have to move themselves from one place to another, who have the problem. As the song says, "What kind of people go to meet people somewhere they can't be heard or seen?" Indeed. The beer is colder, the whiskey purer, at home, and you never have to worry about a freakin' ... view full comment
One of the more provocative chapters in Superfreakonomics dealt with exactly this phenomenon, and found that per mile traveled, drunk walking is much more dangerous to a drunk individual than drunk driving.
Which just backs up my belief that drinking at home, alone, is the correct way to tie one on. It's the people who go somewhere else such that they know in advance that at the point of maximum drunk, they're going to have to move themselves from one place to another, who have the problem. As the song says, "What kind of people go to meet people somewhere they can't be heard or seen?" Indeed. The beer is colder, the whiskey purer, at home, and you never have to worry about a freakin' train squashing the buzz out of your skull.
And of course there are the states, like here in Georgia, that ban Sunday sales of booze, so that if you can't think ahead, you are forced to walk or drive to a bar to get a buzz on. True insanity, and just the opposite of the law's intention.
And of course there are the states, like here in Georgia, that ban Sunday sales of booze, so that if you can't think ahead, you are forced to walk or drive to a bar to get a buzz on. True insanity, and just the opposite of the law's intention.
See, that's just bad legislating. If you want to ban the sale of liquor on Sundays, fine: Ban the sale of liquor on Sundays. Don't ban some liquor sales but not others. I think conservatives would call that "government picking winners and losers." Might even be good for public morals if folks knew that at least one day a week, if they wanted to get good and toasted, they would have to exercise a little foresight, planning, and thrift and lay in a case or two of Red Brick the day before.
See, that's just bad legislating. If you want to ban the sale of liquor on Sundays, fine: Ban the sale of liquor on Sundays. Don't ban some liquor sales but not others. I think conservatives would call that "government picking winners and losers." Might even be good for public morals if folks knew that at least one day a week, if they wanted to get good and toasted, they would have to exercise a little foresight, planning, and thrift and lay in a case or two of Red Brick the day before.