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Subject: Re: Wet/Dry Vote

Author: Greg Carlton

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:33:58 11/06/10 Sat In reply to: Kevin McCorkindale 's message, "Wet/Dry Vote" on 09:30:03 11/06/10 Sat Kevin, Today, there are many different programs available to help combat the scurge of alcoholism, whether a county is wet or dry. During the time your uncle John Shouse lived I would imagine that modern subtance abuse clinics were few and far between. To say that we can use the revenues from the sale of liquor to treat alcholism, is to me much like saying we could legalize prostitution and use the revenues from that to treat sex addiction. (By-the-way, and I kid you not, there is a billboard that was put up during the election here that say's "Let's Get Wet," Gentlemen's Club, contact Mary, and then there is a P.O. Box number.) Don't forget there is a moral component here, also. Romans 14:21 says-- “It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak." If our actions cause another to stumble into sin, we will bear the guilt of that someday. It is clear from my own past experiences that even as adults, no matter what we might think, when we start drinking sooner or later it can just be a matter of time before drunkeness occurs. That is an unending tightrope that those who chose to drink spend there lives on. The falling off is just a matter of time. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Author: Kevin McCorkindale [ Edit | View ]

Date Posted: 18:19:51 11/06/10 Sat Preliminarily, Greg, there are many people who I have known for years who have consumed alcohol in moderation with no discernible adverse effects and, as pointed out in my previous post, recent medical research has indicated that such moderate drinking can be beneficial to a person's health. I agree,as evidenced by my previous post, that excessive consumption of alcohol can have insidious effects on the person consuming alcohol as well as others. But if we adopt your line of reasoning, we could easily justify a prohibition on the sale of junk food and drink, which is the leading cause of childhood obesity, and which over the next 30 years will bankrupt this country due to the medical expenses that will be incurred to treat heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses that are caused by these unhealthy diets, not to mention the misery these illnesses will cause and the premature deaths which will occur. And these are children who are consuming these foods and are therefore more deserving of our protection than adults. We also could consider imposing laws requiring every person to get a certain amount of exercise each day, since the sedentary lifestyle lead by many persons is similarly resulting in chronic health problems that are detrimental to them as well as society, with all the ramifications described above. So rather than the tightrope that you allude to, the real problem I see is the slippery slope that you are walking that taken to its logical conclusion could result in government control over many aspects of our lives. People need to be responsible for their own actions--we should not needlessly enable them but by the same token we should not unduly restrict the rights of the mass of people merely because some people cannot, for whatever reason, moderate their actions. I disagree that the prohibition of prostitution is analogous to the prohibition of the sale of alcohol. I believe all reasonable people will agree that no act of prostitution is morally defensible. However, most reasonable people will agree that alcohol consumed in moderation by an adult is not only morally defensible but, as pointed out earlier,can be healthy. But if you beg to differ based on the quote from Romans, I direct your attention to John 2, which tells the story of the wedding in Cana when Jesus turned water into wine. That story has a special poignancy for me since my wife and I had our marriage blessed in Cana 10 years ago. This is my last post on this subject--I will let you have the last word. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]