ANST - Gulf Wars - Alcohol

[Lenny Zimmermann]

karl muller <apophysis at hotmail.com> wrote:
>drive through bars? you would think with all the drunk driver problems
>in this country, people would not create something like this. now if a
>bar cuts you off because have had too much to drink, you can drive
>through and still get drunker. it must be great for minors. and after
>you kill some one or kill yourself, you or your family can go through
>the drive through funeral home.


It's a weird synthesis of Louisiana, particularly New Orleanian, culture. On
the one hand alcohol is treated as not being a very big deal, it was easy to
get liquor as a minor (as it is in Europe), when I was kid. But it was not
big deal, so getting wasted wasn't a big deal and drinking was not seen as a
big problem. (Not so for the tourists New Orleans gets, however.) The
Federal government clamped down tighter during Regan's presidency, though,
and the culture is beginning to change such that it would appear that more
drinking problems are arising in Louisiana than was prevalent before,
especially among minors, since it's harder to get booze it's a "big deal" to
get booze.

One note is that for the drive through Daiquiri stores (and one should note
that Texas has drive through liquor stores), there is still an open
container law for drivers in Louisiana. So, presumably, you drive through to
get your daiquiri, but can't drink it (even putting a straw into the
container is opening it.) Not that that will stop people, mind you.
Different strokes.

Lionardo Acquistapace, Bjornsborg
(Lenny Zimmermann, San Antonio)
zarlor at acm.org


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