Judge Acquits Drunk Driver Because He's Asian

[Teelie]

Suck it white people.

The Scots and Irish are known to hold their own with alcohol too. So someone of a Scot/Irish descent should be impervious to drunkeness.

 

[The Question]

This might be the first time in human history that racism has actually benefited a member of the suspect class. That is extremely odd.

 

[Manic]

No it's not, part of his decision was based on race for absolutely no reason.

Well, there was some reasoning, but it was based on the judge somewhat admitting his own ignorance.

Because the police didn't catch up with this man until after he had already reached home, there's no telling if his blood alcohol level was already at 0.1 when he got there, or if he knocked back a few drinks after he got home. The judge was saying (at least this was how I interpreted the story) that because the man in question was of Asian ancestry instead of European, the judge had no way of gauging from his own experience whether it was possible for someone of different ancestry to raise his blood alcohol levels so quickly. Race doesn't really make that big of a difference, but then I said the judge was being ignorant.

The judge came to the surplus conclusion that race might be an additional factor. The judge would've come to the same decision if the man wasn't Asian. Race wasn't the deciding factor here; it was an offhand additional thing the judge said, and that the journalist who wrote this article exaggerated in the headline to get attention.

 

[terry78]

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[thalidomide]

Cake

 

[Doctor Evo]

Well, there was some reasoning, but it was based on the judge somewhat admitting his own ignorance.

Because the police didn't catch up with this man until after he had already reached home, there's no telling if his blood alcohol level was already at 0.1 when he got there, or if he knocked back a few drinks after he got home. The judge was saying (at least this was how I interpreted the story) that because the man in question was of Asian ancestry instead of European, the judge had no way of gauging from his own experience whether it was possible for someone of different ancestry to raise his blood alcohol levels so quickly. Race doesn't really make that big of a difference, but then I said the judge was being ignorant.

The judge came to the surplus conclusion that race might be an additional factor. The judge would've come to the same decision if the man wasn't Asian. Race wasn't the deciding factor here; it was an offhand additional thing the judge said, and that the journalist who wrote this article exaggerated in the headline to get attention.

Actually, Asians do tend to process alcohol differently than those of other racial backgrounds. It comes from a relative lack of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). This is fairly well documented and is a biological reality.

 

[Manic]

Actually, Asians do tend to process alcohol differently than those of other racial backgrounds. It comes from a relative lack of an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). This is fairly well documented and is a biological reality.

True, but body mass also plays an important factor. I didn't say his ancestry was irrelevant; just that it probably wasn't as important as the judge might think. We are talking about going from 0 to 0.164 BAC in a relatively short time, here. That's more than a couple of drinks for most people.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I plan to conduct some in-depth research on this very subject this weekend, alone, in my basement.

I will report my findings when I emerge next Wednesday.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

As a man with 2 DUI's take it from me, you REALLY don't want one. Heed this advice, drunk driving is no bueno

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I plan to conduct some in-depth research on this very subject this weekend, alone, in my basement.

I will report my findings when I emerge next Wednesday.

So your going to lock an Asian man in your basement and force him to drink copious amounts of alcohol for days?

 

[Pink Ranger]

So your going to lock an Asian man in your basement and force him to drink copious amounts of alcohol for days?

Ah, you see, I am Asian, so I can cut out the middleman, as it were.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Well then please enlighten us with your findings. I believe I shall run a congruent study for us white guys of European decent and we can compare the numbers. We don't have basements here in Florida though but my room should suffice.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Conclusion: Liquor then beer, never fear; beer then liquor, never sicker.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I'm a true booze hound, that rule has never had any bearing on me