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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006 -03-23T150137Z_01_N22388344_RTRUKOC_0_US-BARS1.xml SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday. The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck. <...> The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car. <...> She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state. > http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006 -03-23T150137Z_01_N22388344_RTRUKOC_0_US-BARS1.xml > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state. You're only 6 days behind lb-VH... ----- - gpsman Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms there.. > William S. Hubbard: > Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms > there.. Exactly. They are using the ruse of "traffic safety," to further their real goal of getting us to be totally submissive to the whims of the state. That slippery slope just got *a lot* steeper. >> William S. Hubbard: >> Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > real goal of getting us to be totally submissive to the whims of the > state. That slippery slope just got *a lot* steeper. That's what happens when government is the grantor of privilege. It really got started with motorcycle helmet laws, and its been downhill ever since. It is the rise of the fascistic "Nanny State." Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms there.. > Brent P: > The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go > do something dangerous like drive a car. Someone tell this commission spokeswoman that she is a liar and full of sh.t. To say that they are detaining them before they leave the bar and drive is like saying that they are going into an adult bookstore and arresting the customers there because they might go out and rape someone later. >> Brent P: >> The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > arresting the customers there because they might go out and rape someone > later. I'm the one who's paranoid, remember.... these things don't really happen. *snort* > Brent P: > I'm the one who's paranoid, remember... You're not the only one who sees the direction that we are heading... ;) > The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go > do something dangerous like drive a car. Then why do bars have parking lots ?? Seriously, The goal of the sting was to legitimize the existance of the task force because they faced elimination if they did not take any action. Anyone from texas can confirm this... Furthermore, as in Virginia, they are preventing public intoxication. And since a bar is a public place, would it be public urination to use the restroom ?? All of this seems silly anyway, why says I can't have three drinks in an hour and then have a cab take me home ? Fred > Furthermore, as in Virginia, they are preventing public intoxication. And > since a bar is a public place, would it be public urination to use the > restroom ?? All of this seems silly anyway, why says I can't have three > drinks in an hour and then have a cab take me home ? One can also stay at the bar until the body has processed the alcohol as well. And as someone mentioned before some bars have a hotel attached. Not to mention walking home. > > Furthermore, as in Virginia, they are preventing public intoxication. And > > since a bar is a public place, would it be public urination to use the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > well. And as someone mentioned before some bars have a hotel attached. > Not to mention walking home. You can't walk home, you'll hurt yourself! Big brother won't let that happen.... He also doesn't take kindly to liver damage... |
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