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From: vch@rruxo.UUCP (V. Hatem)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Survey: Six Pack as unit of measure
Message-ID: <155@rruxo.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 15:11:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 15:11:27 1985
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Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J.
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about this flame:


>Reference: <71@pbear.UUCP>
>
>> 	This survey IN NO WAY condones drinking and driving. That is a
>> personal choice of you the reader.

>This disclaimer looks like an attempt to discourage drinking and driving
>without offending those who decide to do it anyway.  The intentions may
>have been good, but the implications were not considered thoroughly.

>>>> FLAME ON  <<<<

>Drinking and driving: a "PERSONAL CHOICE" ??!!??   NO WAY !!!!!

   >IF YOU DRINK, DO *NOT* DRIVE !!!!!  IF YOU DRIVE, DO *NOT* DRINK !!!!!

>NO other choice can be right.

>How "personal" is it when some drunk (or drugged, or otherwise impaired)
>driver loses control of a car and crushes out the life of an innocent
>person????  It is no longer the "personal" problem of the driver.  It
>becomes the problem of the victim's family and friends.

>Perhaps it is also a matter of "personal choice" whether to fire a shotgun
>into a crowded room or start a bonfire in a sold-out theater.  Maybe, just
>maybe, nobody will get hurt, but what sane human being would take such a
>horrible chance?

>To choose to drink and drive is to choose possibly making your car a
>murder weapon.

>>>> FLAME OFF <<<<

>Yes, I have lost a loved one because someone who should not have been
>behind the wheel made the "personal choice" to drive.  "Not condoning"
>driving while impaired is not enough.  Condemn it for the criminal activity
>it is, and don't worry about offending people when lives are at stake.

>Please, people, either use six packs of your favorite soft drink, or
>skip this survey altogether.

>Pat Dunkin  ( ... !houxm!ahuta!hocsm!pad)


let's be real. It's only a joke! :-}

(no- I'm not the author, I just know a joke when I see it. Take a few valiums,
don't drive, and call UNIX in the morning)