The FACEBOOK Thread

[MessiahDecoy123]

No problem if they bust both

The time the cop used to bust someone months from the drinking age he could've been used busting pedophiles.

That's time and money wasted.

 

[SuperFerret]

Illegal is illegal, and underage drinking is dangerous.

Am I on ignore or something?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

OR we could get them both while they're on sites like Facebook.

And seriously, the legal drinking age should be raised. Binge drinking in colleges is proof enough that 21 isn't mature enough to drink responsibly.

The drinking age should be lowered. If an eighteen year old is old enough to die for this country they're old enough to have a brew.

 

[SuperFerret]

The drinking age should be lowered. If an eighteen year old is old enough to die for this country they're old enough to have a brew.

Then give them a beer when they enlist.

 

[Morg]

Oh no! Someone who is almost 20 is drinking! Better bust them instead of the thousands of sexual predators targeting children.

Here some news, where I live we have over a dozen under 21 killed while drinking and one killed everyone(all 5) in the car while drunk

Total so far as I know is over 30+ teenagers/under 21 killed while DUI

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Illegal is illegal, and underage drinking is dangerous.

Am I on ignore or something?

It's about having priorities.

Being months away from drinking age is no were near a public hazard as pedophiles on MySpace.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Then give them a beer when they enlist.

or before they ship out.

 

[SuperFerret]

But since they're there, why not bust kids for underage drinking?

 

[Addendum]

The time the cop used to bust someone months from the drinking age he could've been used busting pedophiles.

That's time and money wasted.

Dude, are you seriously trying to be a dumbass? Not all police forces are only Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney.

While a squad car is sitting off the side of the road clocking speeders, another is reporting to a report of domestic violence, another is monitoring a school, yet another is at a retail store taking a shoplifter away, some more are the first at a homicide scene getting things ready for the detectives that were assigned that case, while another homicide is being investigated, as is a burglary, and then there's the narcotics unit and the vice unit, and the SWAT guys.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Here some news, where I live we have over a dozen under 21 killed while drinking and one killed everyone(all 5) in the car while drunk

Total so far as I know is over 30+ teenagers/under 21 killed while DUI

People of all ages die of drunk driving.

Doesn't mean age is the main factor. Especially when it's only a matter of months.

 

[Morg]

People of all ages die of drunk driving.

Doesn't mean age is the main factor. Especially when it's only a matter of months.

Statistics on teenage drunk driving are frightening. Many resources compile stacks of data annually to help us understand how serious this problem has become. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of youth deaths, aged 15 to 20 years.

In the United States, 12.8% of all fatal traffic crashes were alcohol-related, and 40% of that number involved teens driving while drinking alcohol.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Dude, are you seriously trying to be a dumbass? Not all police forces are only Sheriff Andy and Deputy Barney.

While a squad car is sitting off the side of the road clocking speeders, another is reporting to a report of domestic violence, another is monitoring a school, yet another is at a retail store taking a shoplifter away, some more are the first at a homicide scene getting things ready for the detectives that were assigned that case, while another homicide is being investigated, as is a burglary, and then there's the narcotics unit and the vice unit, and the SWAT guys.

Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

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Do you have a stat for high school kids versus college students account for fatalities?

There's a difference.

 

[SuperFerret]

Have you been to college? Most of the younger people there are exactly the same as dumbass high school kids. Exactly the same.

 

[Majic Walrus]

It's about having priorities.

Being months away from drinking age is no were near a public hazard as pedophiles on MySpace.

It's not as if pedophiles are posting picture of themselves doing something illegal in any case.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

An undercover operation? This was led by La Crosse police officer Al Iverson, who works in alcohol compliance and education. Alcohols only responsibility is to educate about and enforce the laws of alcohol.

It's not like they took someone off of a child molestation case to make him surf Facebook for teens drinking. These citations are not just done to piss teens off they're also showing them that if you drink underage or otherwise do not follow the rules when it comes to alcohol you will get cuaght and you will suffer the consequences.

I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Have you been to college? Most of the younger people there are exactly the same as dumbass high school kids. Exactly the same.

The average age of college freshmen is 19. High school students are typically younger than that.

 

[SuperFerret]

I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.

You overestimate the average dumbass.

 

[SuperFerret]

The average age of college freshmen is 19. High school students are typically younger than that.

Yes, I am aware of that. You seemed to have missed my point.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

An undercover operation? This was led by La Crosse police officer Al Iverson, who works in alcohol compliance and education. Alcohols only responsibility is to educate about and enforce the laws of alcohol.

It's not like they took someone off of a child molestation case to make him surf Facebook for teens drinking. These citations are not just done to piss teens off they're also showing them that if you drink underage or otherwise do not follow the rules when it comes to alcohol you will get cuaght and you will suffer the consequences.

You don't know how many law enforcement resources they poured into busting 19 year olds on the internet.

Iverson's job is alcohol related but how many others are assigned to work with him. Are those resources better used elsewhere?

I bet you these dumbasses at least stop putting pictures up on the internet of themselves breaking the law.

or stopped taking invites from hot chicks.

 

[Addendum]

Are you trying to be a dumbass?

You can't understand that when you use resources for one thing you take away resources for another.

Which is why you have policemen checking for speeders more than they check for jaywalkers.

I think using an undercover operation to bust people months from the drinking age is a waste of resources. We'll have to agree to disagree if you need to depend on childish insults.

If one fails to grasp the concept that an officer checking for speeders on a street does not mean that a shoplifter from a retail store will not get caught, or that a homicide will go unsolved, or that a crack house will not have a sting, or that "pedos" are being caught the same time that some underage kid got nabbed for drinking via facebook, then the terminology is apt.

Just because you fail at multitasking doesn't mean that the police do as well.

 

[Suirou]

Yeah, it'd be a better idea to just let teenagers be irresponsible and be a danger to themselves and others.

They were drinking at their homes.

 

[SuperFerret]

And they can't be a danger to themselves or others at home?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Hahahahahaha, my friends on Facebook seriously think 30 minutes in MSPaint won't get them in trouble for the pictures they post on Facebook.

 

[Majic Walrus]

You don't know how many law enforcement resources they poured into busting 19 year olds on the internet.

Iverson's job is alcohol related but how many others are assigned to work with him. Are those resources better used elsewhere?

or stopped taking invites from hot chicks.

All of the people that work with him are likely part of the same department. And while I don't know how many resources were spent in this kind of investigation... I do know that the article reported something like 8 people were cited. That sounds like a few hours work on Facebook and another couple hours giving out the citations.

Doesn't seem like it's that big a deal. I think you're making it a much larger issue because you obviously don't like cops and are trying to find an excuse to dislike them even more.