Posted on 08/17/2007 2:52:47 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
Authorities are taking a tougher approach after a crackdown failed to stop underage drinking at PNC Bank Arts Center.
Effective Friday, alcohol is banned in the parking lot of the central New Jersey Arts Center. The ban comes a day after two people died and more than 80 people were arrested Thursday night at an Ozzfest concert.
Police are investigating the deaths of two men, identified as Raymond Guarino, 26, of Forked River and Patrick Norris, 24, of Coram, N.Y.
After possibly taking drugs and alcohol, both passed out in separate incidents at the concert, went into cardiac arrest and later died. State Police said the men were believed to have ingested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol prior to their deaths, and troopers who searched Guarino's vehicle found small amounts of both drugs.
Eighty-three people were arrested during the concert; 59 were charged with underage drinking. Other charges included distribution of drugs, lewd behavior and providing alcohol to a minor.
Authorities said the Ozzfest incidents were the latest in a long string of problems this season that led them to ban alcohol in the center's parking lot.
"This is a dramatic step to have to take, but one that is necessary given the potential consequences of such risky behavior," Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Friday.
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LOL!!! What a genius idea!!!
Alcohol busts at an Ozzfest? Man, where’s the old days of pot and acid?
So old-school.
In your day, weed was crap!
Yeah, those Marxists and Socialists in 1884 when the Boston police arrested 16,780 for drunkenness.
Nobody likes a drunk. It has always been so.
Haven’t seen that in about 5 years.
It would appear on billboards, if I had my way, with no context or captions.
Only the stupid would require an explanation, and they will never be convinced anyway.
Thanks for the ping!
That's BS
Two strains you never see nowadays are Columbian Red and Panama Gold. Both are classics that can't be found domestically anymore.
Both the taste and high were excellent.
Where do you get yours? Unfortunately I hafta score mine on the street...
How would you know?
Of course there is. That was the point.
The difference is in where you draw the moral line. For you, it happens to be in a different place than it is for me. I listed those extreme examples to make the point that, to other individuals, the moral line between right and wrong is in an entirely different place.
If you argue that society shouldn't "impose their morals" on others, where should it stop?
Unfortunately T, when most of the wishy washy middle/independent voters think of “Republicans” or “Conservatives” your philosophy is what comes to mind.
They think that you just want to impose your morals on others. They don’t like it. For the same reason we don’t like Socialists imposing their Gubmint control on us. Anyone who is 18+ and of voting age naturally rejects the idea of people telling them what to do. It’s human nature.
I thank you for thinking about what I said before answering with an ad hominem attack. I think we are on the same page and you get it.
In order to function in a free country there is one simple rule: Don’t directly harm anyone else.
And if you want to hang someone or stone them for violating this rule, you better be very careful. No junk science or creative prosecution.
That's the most shallow, adolescent argument I see on Free Republic. It really should be beneath all of us.
What are laws? I mean really, at the foundation of it, what are laws?
They're the codification of a society's morals. In our form of government, they're what the majority has judged immoral in their society.
Murder is illegal because it's morally wrong. The same with theft and rape. It's all morals.
The majority can and does "impose" its morality on the people. That's what government and the rule of law is.
So, the real question, the honest question, is where should the moral line be drawn? To either pretend that there isn't one in the law already, or that there shouldn't be, are both short-sighted, foolish angles.
Secondly, the crimes you mentioned directly harm others. I'm concerned that some conservatives are becoming increasingly interested in protecting people (and their souls) from themselves and want to involve Gubmint in the solution. Whereas a true Christian would understand that the answer is between the person and God. Government has nothing to do with it.
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