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If you were to ask 102 sober people if they would drive whilst under the influence of alcohol, then you would get 102 definite 'no' answers. Okay, some HN perso

If you were to ask 102 sober people if they would drive whilst under the influence of alcohol, then you would get 102 definite 'no' answers. Okay, some HN person might have some convoluted 'no' and some bored person might throw in some other silly answer, but, generally, you would get 102 'no' answers to this simple question. Obviously none of this group of 102 would ever drink and then drive whilst under the influence of alcohol, then be silly enough to get caught. That is what you would think if you took the survey results as proof of something. However, maybe not tonight or even some night soon, some of those people will drink and drive, maybe to get caught. So, if Mr Police Officer stops one of our 102, weaving across the road, driving home drunk, does the drunkard have a) a bundle of feeble excuses and lies or b) a well thought out, coherent reason for driving under the influence? It is a), not b). My point being that 'cold logic' does not apply to 'drunk people' and the best test of that is actual actions, e.g. propensity to drive under the influence, rather than some notional question about would you 'save this baby squirrel or let the holocaust happen?'

bcook 11y ago
Do you define driving after having a glass of wine during a meal as being "under the influence of alcohol"? If so, your position that everyone would answer "no" is severely flawed.
- jacalata 11y ago
  That's the HN convoluted 'no' he was referring to.
id 11y ago
Some of those people would only say 'no' because that's the only socially acceptable answer.
spacemanmatt 11y ago
If you qualified the question with, "in the desert" a lot of answers would change. I would gladly drive drunk and shoot my guns out the windows if I was sure no harm could come of it.
Laaw 11y ago
You'd be alarmed and surprised to find that not nearly as many as 102 people would say no.

bcook 11y ago

Do you define driving after having a glass of wine during a meal as being "under the influence of alcohol"? If so, your position that everyone would answer "no" is severely flawed.

jacalata 11y ago
That's the HN convoluted 'no' he was referring to.

id 11y ago

Some of those people would only say 'no' because that's the only socially acceptable answer.

spacemanmatt 11y ago

If you qualified the question with, "in the desert" a lot of answers would change. I would gladly drive drunk and shoot my guns out the windows if I was sure no harm could come of it.

Laaw 11y ago

You'd be alarmed and surprised to find that not nearly as many as 102 people would say no.