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notbob > wrote:

>On 2011-08-09, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:


>> The last go-around here was knocked down because it would be considered
>> racist. Seem that some ethnic people in the big cities like to socialize by
>> sitting in their cars with friends drinking. It would be wrong to deny that
>> group of people that privilege.


>Seems like it would be just as racist to allow something potentially
>dangerous because of one ethnic group's customs. Wherever I've lived,
>it was illegal for everyone.


Speaking only about the U.S., DUI laws (among many other laws) are
de-facto racist due to selective enforcement. "Illegal for everyone"
is a joke.



S.