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ash_274 t1_j4zyzar wrote

Even if you are paying your own bills, a no-seatbelt-driver-took-a-ballistic-path-through-the-windshield-and-into-the-grill-of-the-oncoming-truck accident will require a full freeway shutdown and hours of investigation and cost tens of thousands of people time and the local agencies’ time and money to deal with, instead of a much simpler no-fatality crash.

It’s the same argument in favor of motorcycle helmet laws. Not wanting to wear a helmet doesn’t bother me (though I think motorcycle licenses should be organ donor opt-out instead of opt-in by default) but when your scalp is shaved down to gray matter or your skull and a road sign attempt to occupy the same space, the extra effort to deal with that affects everyone else.

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OfLittleToNoValue t1_j4zxavz wrote

The financial collapse of 2008 was caused by Wall Street. Trillions wiped out and millions of retirements destroyed. No one went to jail and they actually got bonuses and tax payer bailouts.

But if someone gets drunk and fucks up, the bar tender could be personally liable.

I'm so tired of this dystopian shitscape.

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RedEyeView t1_j4zwp1f wrote

Knives, hatches and pipes require me to get within punching distance or close too. Like I said, I'm not very good at fighting.

A bomb requires planning and a certain amount of technical knowledge.

To kill you with a gun I just need to lose my temper when I have the gun and I can kill from the other side of the room.

It turns a small, angry man like me in to a very dangerous one. My anger is self limiting usually because like I said, small, not very good at fighting, if I over step the mark I get my ass beat.

Not if I've got a pistol in my coat.

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Kaiju_Cat t1_j4zw179 wrote

If they kept serving her after she was already drunk then that is actually largely on them for what happened as a result. Not saying that it eliminates her responsibility entirely. But if you're drunk, you are objectively not in a state to make any kind of reasonable decision. That's kind of why there are laws everywhere that put a legal burden on an establishment not to serve people like that.

I work very briefly in the food industry and asides from washing their hands this is one of the number one things they drive into your head. Businesses that are licensed to serve alcohol take this stuff extremely seriously for good reason. The legal liability is huge.

People have kind of gotten to the point where alcohol gets treated like it's harmless. It's not. It's actually not. It's a mind-altering substance. It's fine if used responsibly! But part of the responsibility is that whomever is providing it needs to also be responsible.

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