Drinking at the golf club over christmas......???

[Pro Zach]

I am still not advocating DD, or trying to justify it. I am trying to point out that the attitude towards it is not proportionate to the risk it poses.


It appears that only Hobbit seemed to understand this. As usual people who didn't understand it just said I'm an idiot. I don't think why they think I'm an idiot is correct, but I couldn't argue against me being an idiot.


This is because I joined the forum to have a laugh. To smile at peoples jokes and hopefully make some of them smile at my so called witticisms.


Instead I ended up, a newbie, posting a controversial point on a emotive subject. Even I'm beginning to think I'm some sort of troll.


I am human and I do have emotions. I can see that 400 deaths a year is tragic. I can see the link between irresponsible behaviour and these deaths. I can see why people want to cut the balls off drink drivers.


But what I believe is:- I can't make rational judgements when emotional or pissed. So I try to ignore emotion when making decisions. This often makes me seem callous or insensitive.


I could argue for England, if I was more patriotic. In the future I might resurrect this thread and point out why I think Hobbits post is based on emotion and isn't reasonable or rational. Or I might start a new post on why I think peoples reasoning and logic are flawed.(Yes......I can handle the derogatory replies)


But it is the Friday before Christmas. I have finished work and it is the season of good will. So I will revert to my original plan of a bit of banter on the forum and forget about trying to change the world.


So I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


Phill.

 

[Airlie_Andy]

I'd say that the attitude towards it has done more to prevent it than most of the punishments handed out. It has rightly become socially unacceptable to drink drive and if that means people's attitude has become dissproportiante (I don't believe it has) then so be it. Trying to compare driving in the rain with drink driving makes no sense whatsoever. If it rains you can change how you drive and adjust your driving to suit the situation. If your drunk then the only thing you'll be adjusting is your car insurance. If you drink drive then you know that the chances of you having an accident have significantly increased and your ability to limit the severity of the accident has significantly decreased. If that doesn't make you a selfish tosser than I don't know what does. So for me the attitude displayed towards drink drivers on this thread is entirely appropriate and proportionate.