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Eight years in jail for serving beer in your own home is utterly unspeakable. And anybody who supports this kind of sentencing is acting like a knee-jerk anti-American fascist.

Sorry if this offends some on this thread who have come out in support of this insane sentence. But I find it absolutely incredible that so-called conservatives, who generally want to keep government out of our lives and who generally believe in taking responsibility for one's own actions, would come out in support of the police-state that our country is rapidly becoming. This is what the liberal/Marxists want. Soon they will be putting people in jail for exposing teenagers to second-hand smoke. Just wait and see. Will the same folks cheering this sentence be cheering then as well?

Were the parents foolish in supplying liquor to underage teenagers? Absolutely. Should they be held accountable? Absolutely. Do they deserve eight years in jail? Absolutely not. This is totally crazy. Especially when wife-beaters and armed robbers and even some rapists are treated more leniently by our court system. And especially when the president of the United States is allowed to have his underling perform oral sex upon him in the workplace and get away scot-free. We really need to get our priorities straight in this country. When even the conservatives are getting on the nanny government bandwagon, I begin to get concerned.

Soon they will be putting people in jail for exposing teenagers to second-hand smoke. ... Will the same folks cheering this sentence be cheering then as well?

I'll take that bet, you know they will!

On another note, I've never understood why you are allowed to drive before you're allowed to drink. It makes sense to me that you should first learn (if you decide to drink at all) how alcohol affects you before you ever get behind the wheel.

"Eight years in jail for serving beer in your own home is utterly unspeakable."

I would agree, if it had been only their own kids. They served alcohol to other people's kids.

"Soon they will be putting people in jail for exposing teenagers to second-hand smoke."

Come on, are yu saying these kids were only being exposed to second-hand alcohol? Your comparison doesn't work.

"This is what the liberal/Marxists want. Soon they will be putting people in jail for exposing teenagers to second-hand smoke. Just wait and see.

We don't have to wait, my friend. We already have people being fined, hundreds of dollars, for violating "smoking bans" in drinking establishments.

Hope all is well with you and yours

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When even the conservatives are getting on the nanny government bandwagon, I begin to get concerned.

Conservatives aren't getting on the nanny government bandwagon, Republicans are. They have always wanted as much government control as the Democrats, just social control instead of fiscal.

Were the parents foolish in supplying liquor to underage teenagers? Absolutely. Should they be held accountable? Absolutely.

Why? I much rather my kid(s) drink at home than on the street. If they are good, school up to par, why not? It is a BS societal law that kids dont drink. If I can drink at 17 in the service, My kids can drink at 17 in my home. I don't need accounting for that...

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