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No, I don't think so.

by KimW
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Saw this while surfing today.
Once again people trying to deflect their guilt onto someone/something else.
No one makes you drink that stuff,It is a decision you make on your own.


Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Cos. for $1B - Yahoo! News
  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Read the article, learned about the plaintiffs. These guys look like my neighbors:

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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Article says they don't have a lawyer - no surprise there.

      People just get stupider and stupider...
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    Well, heck - don't stop now boys...sue the government for the 21st amendment (repealing the 18th) while you're at it...

    (also, be sure to tell them it turned you into a gay,chain-smoking, gun nut...that ought to keep you in court for awhile...:rolleyes

    Can't afford representation? No Prob! Get a court appointed lawyer!
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

      Well, heck - don't stop now boys...sue the government for the 21st amendment (repealing the 18th) while you're at it...

      (also, be sure to tell them it turned you into a gay,chain-smoking, gun nut...that ought to keep you in court for awhile...:rolleyes

      Can't afford representation? No Prob! Get a court appointed lawyer!
      You only can get a court-appointed lawyer if you are accused of a crime or if they're accusing you of being an unfit parent and trying to remove your kids. To sue, you're on your own.

      "The inmates claim the companies are responsible for their crimes and should have put warning labels on their products."
      Yeah, because that's worked out so well for tobacco products.
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      • Profile picture of the author MoneyMagnetMagnate
        Originally Posted by Tina Golden View Post

        You only can get a court-appointed lawyer if you are accused of a crime or if they're accusing you of being an unfit parent and trying to remove your kids. To sue, you're on your own..
        What??? are you telling me there are boundaries to legal sarcasm???
        Geez - where's Johnny Cochran when you need him?...:p
        I'm sure he could have come up with a 'work-a-round' :rolleyes:
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    Is that good or bad?
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      Originally Posted by KimW View Post

      Is that good or bad?
      Not good...
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        ""At no time in my life, prior to me becoming an alcoholic, was I ever informed that alcohol was habit forming and addictive."
        Started drinking at age 3???
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    The article is so full of BS.

    ""At no time in my life, prior to me becoming an alcoholic, was I ever informed that alcohol was habit forming and addictive."
    BS.

    "The inmates claim the companies are responsible for their crimes and should have put warning labels on their products."

    As I said earlier,trying to put the blame everywhere except where it belongs,personal responsibility.

    "I do not know if I can be a productive member of society and still control the desires and craving to use alcohol."

    Well then,stay in there. The American public should not have to subjected to someone who admits they cannot control their own actions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    Too weird. Alcohol is addictive to only about 1 in 10 people. The other 9 out of 10 people will not develop an addiction to alcohol.

    Alcoholism's main cause is a chemical called tetrahydroquinoline - an opium like substance created in the brains of alcoholics. It causes the addiction, and turns off the part of the brain that can say, "no." So once an alcoholic takes one drink, the uncontrollable cravings begin - without the ability to stop. It is a physiological condition. Not a weakness or moral issue.

    An alcoholic doesn't have a drinking problem, an alcoholic has a stopping problem. It is kept at bay by not starting.

    The liver produces 2 enzymes to metabolize alcohol. The first enzyme changes alcohol in the blood stream into a chemical called acetaldehyde, and the second enzyme changes the acetaldehyde into something the body can digest.

    A normal person's liver produces the correct amount of each.

    It is the acetaldehyde that makes people feel woosey - not the alcohol.

    The alchoholic's liver doesn't produce enough of the 2nd enzyme, and there is then a build up of acetaldehyde, which mixes with a couple neurotransmitters and forms the tetrahydroquinoline. This isoquinoline causes the craving for more, and turns off the frontal cortex and thus turns off the part of the brain with the ability to see consequences.

    From the article... "I fear the day I am released from prison," Grant, 27, said in his affidavit. "I do not know if I can be a productive member of society and still control the desires and craving to use alcohol."

    There are 12-step meeting in most prisons for inmates to attend regularly so the inmates can learn what to do once they are released, and how they can have the desire for alcohol completely removed.

    These fellows simply don't want to take responsibility for stopping drinking. It's a typical part of the denial which occurs until they are they are ready to admit to themselves (and to others) they are the cause of their behavior, and they are ready to do whatever it takes to stay clean and sober.

    What a frivolous law suit!

    :-Don
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