Should dry counties be illegal?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

     Meh. I've always wondered what was so great about moving to avoid one's rights being infringed as opposed to just stopping the rednecks from just infringing one's rights in the first place.

Buying alcohol is not a right.

Wow, that's evil.

21st Amendment disagrees thankfully.

Yes, since they cause more drunk driving incidents to occur as people have to drive tipsy longer to get home from bars and other such establishments.

And another great point.

Also once gain:

LOL@WALTER'S MORONIC DELUSIONAL BELIEF THAT NORTH DAKOTA HAS DRY COUNTIES!

[MODU]

     Meh. I've always wondered what was so great about moving to avoid one's rights being infringed as opposed to just stopping the rednecks from just infringing one's rights in the first place.

Buying alcohol is not a right.

Wow, that's evil.

21st Amendment disagrees thankfully.

No, the 21st Amendment only repealed prohibition, which was the banning manufacturing, selling, or transportation of alcohol by national law.  A county choosing to be dry by popular vote, on the other hand, is not prohibition and does not stop one from consuming alcohol.  It just isn't sold within the county line.  It falls into the same category as strip clubs son.  Sorry to burst your bubble.

[??????????]

It's a states business, not a federal matter. No is my answer.

[dead0man]

Map of Dry Counties
Dark Blue=Dry
Mid Dark Blue="moist"

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's a states business, not a federal matter. No is my answer.

Yeah, and the states are the ones banning them. (WHICH INCLUDES NORTH DAKOTA DESPITE MITTY'S INSANE DELUSIONS.)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Meh. I've always wondered what was so great about moving to avoid one's rights being infringed as opposed to just stopping the rednecks from just infringing one's rights in the first place.

Buying alcohol is not a right.

     I was speaking more generally. I find an all too common tendency of my side is to argue that people can just move away to avoid oppression, which is not viable for everyone.

Map of Dry Counties
Dark Blue=Dry
Mid Dark Blue="moist"

      at MA having dry counties.

[??????????]

Why is that a shock? New England has some of the most restrictive alcohol laws in the country. That map doesn't do the reality justice.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     MA is not typically the first state one thinks of when it comes to holding socially conservative positions.

[MODU]

No problem, PiT.

Ok, is it just me, or does anyone else find it funny that the two most northern counties in the US (Alaska) are "dry?"

[dead0man]

No problem, PiT.

Ok, is it just me, or does anyone else find it funny that the two most northern counties in the US (Alaska) are "dry?"

Technically they are "moist".  Meaning, the counties are dry, but there a cities/towns inside the county that allow the selling of drink.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

     Meh. I've always wondered what was so great about moving to avoid one's rights being infringed as opposed to just stopping the rednecks from just infringing one's rights in the first place.

Buying alcohol is not a right.

     I was speaking more generally. I find an all too common tendency of my side is to argue that people can just move away to avoid oppression, which is not viable for everyone.

Map of Dry Counties
Dark Blue=Dry
Mid Dark Blue="moist"

      at MA having dry counties.

Were you paying attention to the key? Those are "moist" counties. Alcohol is freely sold almost everywhere in them, just a few very small towns in them are dry. The same thing with Alaska as dead0man pointed out.

http://www.mass.gov/abcc/pdf_frm/DRYTOWNS.pdf

[Matt Damon™]

why do dry counties matter to you?

[MODU]

No problem, PiT.

Ok, is it just me, or does anyone else find it funny that the two most northern counties in the US (Alaska) are "dry?"

Technically they are "moist".  Meaning, the counties are dry, but there a cities/towns inside the county that allow the selling of drink.

Ahh yes, I see.  I guess with the map separated from the other counties, the blue looked darker.  hahaha

[minionofmidas]

What's the third-darkest shade for?

My opinion is that prohibition is a fail idea, pretty much no matter which drug we're talking. My opinion is further that I fail to care much in this case.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What's the third-darkest shade for?

Wet counties in states that have information compiled. The gray ones are just not compiled.

[Matt Damon™]

i am not advocating this position im just posting this little bit to show that dry laws are exactly the type of social engineering 'progressives' need to avoid

disclaimer aside:

if youre going to have a single-payer health care system like how some democrats want it'd be in the state's interest to restrict unhealthy activities like drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, engaging in risky sex, eating fatty/fried/sugary foods, eating red meat... if one were a liberal like the bulk of atlas's red avatars one could make a case for imposing dry laws nationwide again among other such laws

[7,052,770]

I'm going to disagree with that map.  Oktibehha County, MS, is dry, although the city of Starkville is wet.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm going to disagree with that map.  Oktibehha County, MS, is dry, although the city of Starkville is wet.

That would make the county "moist".

BTW upon my reading of Kansas law the Kansas counties are not truly dry, they would be better described as "moist". One can still buy alcohol in them, it just can't be sold by the drink (basically liquor stores OK, bars not OK.)

[War on Want]

i am not advocating this position im just posting this little bit to show that dry laws are exactly the type of social engineering 'progressives' need to avoid

disclaimer aside:

if youre going to have a single-payer health care system like how some democrats want it'd be in the state's interest to restrict unhealthy activities like drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, engaging in risky sex, eating fatty/fried/sugary foods, eating red meat... if one were a liberal like the bulk of atlas's red avatars one could make a case for imposing dry laws nationwide again among other such laws

I would love to have one but that is not what the Democratic Party wants so the whole rest of your paragraph is pointless.

[Matt Damon™]

based on how scandanavian nations have _high_ rates of alcoholism one could make the case for outlawing the possession of alcohol in  upper midwest states like minnesota or north dakota and applying _harsh_ punishments based on health grounds..

[minionofmidas]

based on how scandanavian nations have _high_ rates of alcoholism

Uh... that certainly explains the crap you're posting elsewhere as well.

You lived a hundred years ago.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No, but I am opposed to them.