Most Conservative yet Not Stone Cold Sober

[kp2001]

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@kpmom

“doing neither is NOT an option”, and “NO drinking on or off campus ISN’T a plausible option” Seems to me that drinking is something that you find very important for yourself.

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<p>Nope, not important to me at all. Not only do I not have time to drink these days (80hr work week, one day off in seven, and every fourth night spent awake at work will do that to you), but it’s not something I go out of my way to do. Maybe at dinner I’ll have a glass of wine once every couple of weeks or a beer when grilling, but it’s a rare occurance. </p>

<p>I also have seen what drinking can do to a family with a strong history of alcoholism in my family. What I do find important is not allowing someone else to dictate what others should be able to do when that thing is legal. </p>

<p>I see daily what effects alcohol can have, in fact I have just finished working on a service where we had a 30 year old with alcoholic necrotizing pancreatitis be in the ICU for over 30 days and have the need for over two weeks of mechanical ventilation. We also had a long term alcoholic come in near death and yet another who has yet to fully wake up from a surgery that took place more than a week ago. </p>

<p>But what I also know is that drinking in moderation can be absolutely fine. Education in the topic is important; however, let’s be realistic and not live in idealistic utopia where nobody DUI’s and there is no underage drinking.</p>

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@kpmom

With that logic I think it would be much safer to have them learning about other social problems also under the close supervision of the school. Under the close watchful eye of the administration we can hope for less damage. Drinking, drugs, gambling, prostitutes (female and male) will always be around. They just need to be introduced and supervised by the school. We don’t fight them, we just keep it supervised, much safer. Oh, you object? That isn’t the same thing at all, you say. Or is it? Perhaps the difference is that drinking is more socially acceptable than those other areas, for now.

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<p>Some of these are different issues and some are not. Drugs is absolutely different as they are illegal. And so is gambling or prostitution if you aren’t in Vegas or another area where it is illegal. Now if these were legal in the township of Kings Point would it not be safer for everyone involved to have close supervision and regulation? </p>

<p>I agree that we would probably agree more than disagree on a varying degree of topics; however, until prohibition version 2.0 comes around I will most likely stand on the other side of the fence from you on this issue.</p>