Yeah, the state should control what people drink and what they eat! Pfft.
I just travel to where I usually buy groceries and get whatever I want. Screw you, PA liquor thugs.
The only government-run liquor store I will ever frequent is the Class VI at my local military installation. No tax!
Colonel, USAFR
ReneeLynn to aSeattleConservative
Yeah, the state should control what people drink and what they eat! Pfft. I just travel to where I usually buy groceries and get whatever I want. Screw you, PA liquor thugs.
Who said anything about controlling food? All states have liquor laws, are you for abolishing those laws as well?
As far as "screwing me": yet another reason some people shouldn't be given booze and a keyboard.
MortMan to aSeattleConservative
Nothing like blaming the murder on the gun, rather than on the one pulling the trigger.
The last time I checked, the right to keep and bear arms was a God-given Constitutional Right, laws regarding the sale of booze aren't.
Grizzled Bear to aSeattleConservative
Your dizzying logic is on par with the gun control laws.
See the above comment about Constitutional Rights.
John Adams (the founder of the Navy), on October 13, 1798, while serving as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief, told the military:
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Adams similarly explained:
"Statesmen, my dear sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue."
A religious and virtuous society we no longer are. In fact, I'd describe our society as hedonistic, nihilistic and narcisstic. Return our society to one of Christian values, and I won't be concerned about the sale of liquor.
been_lurking to aSeattleConservative
Has any state run store stopped even one alcoholic from buying alcohol?
You'd have to ask the 12 million alcoholics in America that question. I do know that with convenience comes abuse. While I'm not comparing the consumption of alcohol with abortion (drinking alcohol isn't a sin, getting drunk is), do you think that there were more or less abortions in any 37 year period prior to Roe v Wade?
How does the state run store determine who is an alcoholic?.
Easier access to hard liquor (or any liquor for that matter) would lead an irresponsible person towards alcoholism wouldn't you say?
Your reason for voting as you did is akin to voting for state sold automobiles to reduce the number of speeders.
Comparing the abuse of alcohol with a mode of transportation? Leave it to a Liberaltarian to come up with that comparison.
Clearly you haven't thought through your opinion on the matter very carefully.
If you and your fellow Liberaltarians are that concerned about a post by a conservative from Seattle regarding the sale of hard liquor, then perhaps you should give a closer look at your own lifestyle.