Drunk Driving

Society at all time has the right to place the general welfare over the actions of the indiviidual whose behavior is not essential to life. I don't for a moment believe that anyone can make the case that any person cannot live without the booze. Yes, drunks are always responsible. Society's problem is getting them to acknowledge as much.

Sometimes I think people should be held responsible for anything directly resulting from their actions, but sometimes I feel that everyone just has to look out for their own good and therefore aren't responsible for what happens to others.

Absolutely. If they aren't capable of containing themselves with the amount they drink, then they shouldn't be drinking that much. When some people drink they are basically turning themselves into a bomb. If they aren't prepared for the consequences of blowing something up, they shouldn't have lit their own fuse.



Nobody needs alcohol to function, and you cannot have a physical addiction to alcohol. Thus any "addiction" is no different than a craving for anything else, like soda.



NOBODY is born addicted, and NOBODY is born an alcoholic. People CAN be born with very low self control, and personalities that make them more susceptible to becoming an alcoholic. But they can always choose not to drink.

A law is a law, and it's not ok for anyone to break one and be given an exception.

Yes, they should be held responsible. Anyone who needs alcohol to function needs to get help, and society has a responsibility to help them. No one is born addicted (with the exception of some babies whose mothers used drugs/alcohol during pregnancy) but develop an addiction through their own actions. Yes, some people are genetically prone to alcoholism, but they still had to make a decision to take that first drink.

I agree with the others.

If one drives drunk, they should be prepared to pay the consequences. It's plainly against the law. Lock the car and go to sleep.

BTW, a crucial part of alcoholism is the inability to not take the first drink, which leads to the next and the next and.... It's very likely a programmed syndrome of one's genetic make-up and it is exasperated by environmental circumstances, granted under the individual's control.

If you sleep in the car whilst drunk it is technically still an offence, as u have the capability to drive the car.. the solution being to lock the keys in the boot... apparantly.