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The spreading of overly-simplistic black and white perspectives like this are why so many good, but nuanced, policies are politically dead in the water. As wit
by spicyusername 4y ago
The spreading of overly-simplistic black and white perspectives like this are why so many good, but nuanced, policies are politically dead in the water.
As with eliminating gun violence, there are plenty of solutions to drunk driving that don't involve eliminating alcohol from the equation, but they require that politicians and their constituents have the political will to try them.
What your saying is funny and sounds good, but is not contributing meaningfully to the conversation of how to solve these problems that need solving.
- avalys 4y agoThe article I'm responding to is about Australia confiscating (and banning) guns. That is hardly a "nuanced" policy and (I claim) is equivalent to banning alcohol to stop drunk driving deaths.
- spicyusername 4y ago> is equivalent to banning alcohol to stop drunk driving deaths. This is something most countries do for repeat drunk drivers. Ban them from driving, anyways. Most people do not have a problem with such a targeted law. It's conceivable that a law banning repeat drunk drivers from consuming alcohol might have positive effects as well.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoI seem to recall reading about a program that did exactly that. You could be sentenced to not drive, or you could be sentenced to not drink. I don't recall the details, but I think I read about it within the last six months or so.