(December 9, 2021 at 6:31 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(December 9, 2021 at 6:24 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: It appears how much benefit and idea can bring to humanity is almost always directly proportional to how Stridently people like OLB will trout out spurious right arguments to oppose it and Cast aspersions upon itWhatever Carrie Nation...
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Just remember - alcohol is next!
It costs New Zealanders far more than the taxes it brings in.... Perhaps if they 10 fold increase taxes on it...
https://www.actionpoint.org.nz/cost-of-a...s%2C%20etc.
"Just remember - alcohol is next!"
I've heard some non sequiturs, but that one is a doozy.
Pray tell on what evidence do you base your claim?
Would like to see a government in Australia or New Zealand try that. Drink driving is a major cause of road deaths here. Yet so far, no government has had the nerve to reduce the blood alcohol limit to 0.00 for everyone. It's already the case for probationary [new] licence holders, and is for 2 years. Also applies to anyone who had lost their licence for drink driving when they are allowed to drive again.
I'm a recovering alcoholic (since 30 June 2002) I loved booze. Beer, spirits and wine. My state of South Australia produces world class wines, and good wine is cheap here. I think a glass or two of wine with dinner is a mark of the civilised person. I have no problem with tough laws surrounding the consumption of alcohol. It's one of those times, where suitable punishment is built in. IE "You can't obey our drink driving laws? Okey dokey, then you may not drive on our roads " Perhaps on say a third offence, the car could be confiscated.(?)
I seem to remember reading and seeing films about a thing called The Volstead Act being tried in the US in 1920.. How did that work out?
