Dry county poll

[kat8585]

I can't beleive there are more "no" votes.

[Guest LadyC]

why? doesn't mean those who would vote "no" would be spending their money on the stuff... just means they prefer fewer drunk driving fatalities. you can't legislate liquor out of a county, you can only legislate it's sale. i'd much rather live in a wet county where people can take their booze home to drink than to live in a dry county where people are slamming drinks all the way home from another county.

[GeneV]

I can't beleive there are more "no" votes.

You shouldn't be Kat it really comes down to a personal issue or mindset...those who wish to drink will drink no matter where they live and those who don't, won't - it's that simple. I don't believe this is something that can be banned, look at the prohibition era and see how organised crime flourished. Maybe for the underage it would be a good deterrant though

[kat8585]

I can't beleive there are more "no" votes.

You shouldn't be Kat it really comes down to a personal issue or mindset...those who wish to drink will drink no matter where they live and those who don't, won't - it's that simple. I don't believe this is something that can be banned, look at the prohibition era and see how organised crime flourished. Maybe for the underage it would be a good deterrant though

Yes, but why so many "no" votes on here?

[Guest LadyC]

for the reason i posted just before gene's post.

[methinkshe]

I'm not American but I would say, definitely NO! Don't we just love to put others back under the law - and not just the Levitical law, any old law will do! Imo, the Ten Commandments are sufficient enough in terms of Laws. As for anything else: well, everything is permissible, not everything is beneficial. Allow people to be adults. Prohibition never worked, anyway, it just allowed a lot of criminals to make a lot of money selling illicit liquor.

Ruth

[Johni]

I am also surprised that the "no" has the majority.

I don't understand the reasoning behind some of the opinions.

Take the same argument into another area such as...certain number of people will use drugs anyway so lets give them the free sterile needles, certain number of teens will have sex anyway so lets supply all the condoms and maybe even allow it home so its safer for them.

I live near a town that (after many years) went from dry to wet. Alcohol was already available at certain resturants so folk who wanted wine with a meal, or beer with pizza could get it without dealing with bootleggers. The difference now is that we have package liquor stores sprung up and now finding all the cartons and beer cans along side my country road. I wonder why it is that beer drinkers (more than anybody else) throw their cartons and cans out on the road? Also more "clubs" springing up and I believe our police dept can attest to the fact that there is more drunk driving going on. Licensing a vice never controls it better. (it does bring in more revenue and taxes to certain people).

[Iryssa]

I voted "no," because, to me, it's not an issue of morality. I don't believe drinking--in moderation--is a sin. I believe getting drunk or being otherwise irresponsible with it IS a sin, but not drinking itself. I also don't think that buying hard liquor necessarily means that a person is trying to get drunk: I make a wicked pina colada with rum, and I don't get drunk off of it, it just tastes good. Anyway, I'm not here to debate my moral standpoint on it (there are PLENTY of other threads for that). The way I look at it is economically...if it'll bring more revenue to the county--and therefore probably more jobs, more business opportunities, etc.--then go for it. If it won't, then don't bother. We have a dry town in our area, between two towns that aren't dry. Knowing a lot of the kids in the area, I can say with 100% certainty that they DO just drive out to the other towns nearby to buy alcohol, and they either drink it in that town and then drive home or they bring it home and get drunk in the dry town anyway. The only difference it makes is where the alcohol is coming from.

[LadyRaven]

I voted no, we need the rain.

[LadyRaven]

I can't beleive there are more "no" votes.

You shouldn't be Kat it really comes down to a personal issue or mindset...those who wish to drink will drink no matter where they live and those who don't, won't - it's that simple. I don't believe this is something that can be banned, look at the prohibition era and see how organised crime flourished. Maybe for the underage it would be a good deterrant though

Yes, but why so many "no" votes on here?

I voted no because I see nothing sinful about drinking and the sale of alcohol therefore I see no reason to ban it in any county. God actually commanded drinking at one time (no longer applicable directly to us, however God would never command sin) so drinking in and of itself cannot be sin.

I also see no reason for the government to legislate people's rights like this.