Former Head Of MADD Arrested For,........

[tt11758]

It's a policy I TRY to allow for.  There are times my old ghosts come up and block any logic that I normally would have on the subject.  FQ is probably right about what MADD has become, it does torque me off when the people I generally aggree with do not live up to the standard that I strive for in my life and they swear they do. 

I hear ya.

And every day I thank God that, during my drinking days, I didn't put somebody else's family through what mine went through. 

[PegLeg45]

I'm as anti-drunk driving as they come.  In October, 1991 a drunk driver (.275 BAC) came very close to killing my wife.  15 years later (to the day, in fact), another drunk driver killed my sister and BIL.

That all being said, I could never bring myself to join MADD.  Do I preach against drinking and driving, HELL yes!!  But MADD struck me much as FQ described it.  An organization that had forgotten what it was created for.

I've adopted what I consider to be a reasonable policy:  Go ahead and drink.  Drink until you can't stand up, I don't give a shit.  Just don't get behind the wheel afterward.  If you're the Designated Drunk, PLEASE let somebody else drive.  After all, the life you save COULD be mine.

+1000, pal.