Beat this rap sheet

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-01-28 07:43pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:They have laws against driving while intoxicating too. Did you fully think your post through before hitting "Submit"??

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General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-28 07:51pm

salm wrote: hmm... what if you want to get from one club to another? you have to get a cab even though cabs are fucking expensive? that sucks.

if you're so drunk that you can't coherently get from one club to another by yourself, then you shouldn't be out on the town.

i think technically being drunk in public is illegal over here as well. but no one gives a rats ass. i can remember one case in which someone was brought to court for being intoxicated and that was because he apparantly vandalized but for some reason it couldn´t be proved. sort of a dubious thing.

doesn't make being shitfaced drunk in public any less repugnant, but it could be just a culture difference. not to mention potentially a safety hazard. in the states they actually do pick up people who are lurching around drunk. it might vary from city to city though.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-01-28 08:18pm

Darth_Zod wrote: if you're so drunk that you can't coherently get from one club to another by yourself, then you shouldn't be out on the town.

well, so how drunk do you have to be to get arrested? do you have to be tumbling around, or at least not be sober enough to walk completely straight? or is it enough to be talking like, you know, the way drunk people talk?

doesn't make being shitfaced drunk in public any less repugnant, but it could be just a culture difference.

hmm... probably. personally i dont find it repugnant but rather amusing esspecially when they´re drunk and it´s still broad daylight.

not to mention potentially a safety hazard.

well, i don´t know about that. probably not more of a safty hazard than the average rollerblader.

in the states they actually do pick up people who are lurching around drunk. it might vary from city to city though.

wouldn´t that really encourage people to drive drunk? think of it like this: you went to a bar or a club by car, got drunk and don´t want to spend your cash on a cab. or you´re out of money and can´t afford a cab. you live within walking distance, say half an hour walking. you know they might bust you for being drunk in public so you take the risk and go by home by car.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-28 08:23pm

salm wrote: well, so how drunk do you have to be to get arrested? do you have to be tumbling around, or at least not be sober enough to walk completely straight? or is it enough to be talking like, you know, the way drunk people talk?

there's breathalizer tests with limits on how much alcohol someone should be able to consume. don't they have breathalizers where you live?

well, i don´t know about that. probably not more of a safty hazard than the average rollerblader.

more likely to

wouldn´t that really encourage people to drive drunk? think of it like this: you went to a bar or a club by car, got drunk and don´t want to spend your cash on a cab. or you´re out of money and can´t afford a cab. you live within walking distance, say half an hour walking. you know they might bust you for being drunk in public so you take the risk and go by home by car.

except of course driving drunk is a major safety hazard that can endanger someone's life. if they're out of money and can't afford a cab then they can call a friend. and really, spending a night in jail for being drunk is a helluv alot better than getting possibly much longer jailtime and having their license revoked for drunken driving. which carries a much steeper penalty than public drunkenness.

Jaded Masses · Post by **Jaded Masses** » 2004-01-28 08:27pm

towards the bottem there was a robbery...

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2004-01-28 08:29pm

Jaded Masses wrote:towards the bottem there was a robbery...

Two counts of that, actually