Posted On: December 4, 2008, 11:24 am CST

Posted By: anti-MADD

To all of you driving is a privelege folks, try arbitrarily taking away people's "right to drive," and see what happens. You all seem to be a bunch of pious self-centered individuals who believe the universe revolves around you. The issue against MADD is not wheather drunk driving is safe or unsafe. The issue is how to you effectively convince people to stop bad habits without implementing bad laws. Many of you believe you can control the behavior of others by making laws or instituting harsh punishments. If that was the case then there should not be any murders in states where the death penalty is enforced. Clearly it has not spopped people from killing each other.
You refer to people who cite the constitution as lacking compassion, yet I read your comments and see how you want to have those who disagree with you wrap their vehicle around a tree. You speak of law enforcement as if it is perfected, while we see almost daily people who have been falsely accused cleared through DNA testing.
What about all of the people driving on prescription drugs? I'll bet a lot of MADD folks are running around in their vehicles with mind numbing prescribed drugs in their veins. Should we apply the full force of the law against them, when they are involved in an accident.

The point is, throwing people in jail and making new laws do not solve our problems. We must apply a higher level of humanity and sensitivity to pursuade people to change their bad habits. Just because you said it and the law states it does not mean it's going to be followed. People will do whatever they deem necessary to survive. If you take away their license they will drive anyway. They will simply be an angrier driver. so, saying driving is a privelege is a moot point. Keep supporting MADD and instituting bad laws and watch this society continue to crumble around you.