tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post2510761241660095064..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: UI Held Hostage Day 393 - Feb. 18Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-20812578723148800562007-02-18T17:35:00.000-06:002007-02-18T17:35:00.000-06:00There is no legal age to drink in Iowa if the pers...There is no legal age to drink in Iowa if the person is in a private place and the alcohol consumed was provided with the knowledge and consent of a parent who is present.<BR/><BR/>People who operate business that serve food and alcohol depend on employees under the legal age for kitchen work, bussing tables and other chores. So in order to keep them in business underage workers are allowed to be present.<BR/><BR/>The legal age to drink in Iowa was 21 and then was reduced to 18 when the voting age was reduced to 18. A few years later it was increased to 19 to clear up problems with 18 year old high school students supplying alcohol to their underage friends. I think the legal age to drink should be returned to 19 because it worked better than 18 and 21. <BR/><BR/>What we have now is selective prohibition that has resulted in massive noncompliance and a general disrespect for the law. Furthermore we have established an illegal system to provide alcohol to underage drinkers. As a consequence we have a unequal enforcement of the law. In some communities the police do not want to spend the time and money enforcing a law they used to violate when they were that age.<BR/><BR/>You are supposed to rule with the consent of the governed and the young folks are not consenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-12311970358032316202007-02-18T15:39:00.000-06:002007-02-18T15:39:00.000-06:00A business that sells alcohol has a liability if a...A business that sells alcohol has a liability if a customer causes an accident. They pay high rates for liability insurance as a result. If they were to install an alcohol detector in a urinal to notify their staff that a customer was impaired that probably would be considered an invasion of privacy. <BR/><BR/>What they are doing is to have a robot tell a customer that they are impaired. I assume that they tested the device before they put it on the market so it may help in some cases. The question is do they record such incidents so they can show they made an effort to prevent the customer from driving and does that help reduce their liability?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com