My (Christian) Country Tis Of Thee

[Rakhel]

Mississippi is really weird with the wet/dry laws. There is a county that is dry, yet the major town in that county is wet.

 

[darkendless]

I heard that where Jack Daniels is brewed is a dry county? Found that quite amusing to be honest, one of the most well known brewers of booze is a dry area.

 

[Yerda]

Licensing laws in Scotland mean that alcohol can't be bought until 11am Mon-Sat. 12:30pm on Sundays. We're not that big on religion, but drunken violence is a bit of a forte.

 

[Kathryn]

The reason the citizens of a county in the US can choose to either have or dismantle blue laws is BECAUSE we have our freedoms.

If enough people in a particular county dislike the blue laws, they will vote to change them.

That's happened recently where I live.

 

[Mathematician]

Unfortunately banning alcohol in certain counties only leads to more drunk driving incidents as people rush to fill up - or they go to bars instead of staying home if it's "half-dry." It's a shame really that after the 1930s and the War on the Youth & Poor (errr Drugs) people still can't figure out that prohibition doesn't work.

Alcohol Blue Laws Don’t Save Lives

 

[Charity]

Uhhhh....

As silly and nonsensical as the prohibition of alcohol sales on Sunday for religious reasons is, how exactly do guns tie into that?

At least you would probably be alcohol free when you shoot someone.
Maybe murder without being intoxicated would carry a lighter sentence, lately it seems it's easy to get away with murder but they throw the book at you if your intoxicated......

 

[gnomon]

The reason the citizens of a county in the US can choose to either have or dismantle blue laws is BECAUSE we have our freedoms.

If enough people in a particular county dislike the blue laws, they will vote to change them.

That's happened recently where I live.

Has nothing to do with freedom.

What you described is majority rule. As well a majority rule that was instituted at a time when women and minorities were not even allowed to vote. Hardly freedom. The history of these laws date back to a time when a religious majority were able to enforce their views upon others.

 

[Rakhel]

I heard that where Jack Daniels is brewed is a dry county? Found that quite amusing to be honest, one of the most well known brewers of booze is a dry area.

Despite being the location of a major operational distillery, Jack Daniel's home county of Moore is a dry county, so the product is not available for consumption at stores or restaurants within the county, although the distillery does sell commemorative bottles of whiskey.

Jack Daniel's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Rakhel]

This was interesting.

A 2004 survey by the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association found that over 500 municipalities in the United States are dry, including 83 in Alaska. Almost one half of Mississippi's counties are dry. Its alcohol laws are similarly complex. In Florida, five of the 67 counties are dry (they are Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, and Washington) all of which are located in the northern part of the state, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South.
However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crashes."[4]

Dry county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[MysticSang'ha]

So, my wife and I are visiting family down in St. Louis. I usually wake early, so I thought I'd head to Starbucks and then swing by the store to pick up some wine for dinner -- only to be told by the clerk that they could not sell me wine until 9:00 AM on Sunday. It's apparently a (Christian) 'blue' law here in Missouri, and the fact that I'm an Illinois Jew seemed of little consequence.

... sweet land of liberty, of the I sing. ​

Have a great Fourth of July Weekend. (and Shalom).

You could have swung by our house instead of Starbucks, Jay. We have wine and coffee, too.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

This was interesting.

A 2004 survey by the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association found that over 500 municipalities in the United States are dry, including 83 in Alaska. Almost one half of Mississippi's counties are dry. Its alcohol laws are similarly complex. In Florida, five of the 67 counties are dry (they are Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, and Washington) all of which are located in the northern part of the state, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South.
However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crashes."[4] A 2004 survey by the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association found that over 500 municipalities in the United States are dry, including 83 in Alaska. Almost one half of Mississippi's counties are dry. Its alcohol laws are similarly complex. In Florida, five of the 67 counties are dry (they are Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, and Washington) all of which are located in the northern part of the state, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South.
However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crashes."[4]

A 2004 survey by the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association found that over 500 municipalities in the United States are dry, including 83 in Alaska. Almost one half of Mississippi's counties are dry. Its alcohol laws are similarly complex. In Florida, five of the 67 counties are dry (they are Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, and Washington) all of which are located in the northern part of the state, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South.
However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crashes."[4]

Dry county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Up where Mrs. Penguin is in northern Canada, the town (most towns, actually) is pretty much completely dry: no alcohol sales, no bars... the only way to purchase alcohol is by mail-order from the government alcohol control board, which has limits on how much alcohol can be purchased at a time.

The limits are ridiculously high if the intent really is to stop problem drinking (5 bottles of wine per week, IIRC, for instance), but that's the idea, anyhow.

 

[ninerbuff]

Yeah, with god in our main patriotic songs (minus the National anthem) makes you feel like christian dominance should be the only way to go.

 

[Rakhel]

I have Jack Daniels, in the freezer mind you, and nothing to drink it with.

 

[Tarheeler]

I have Jack Daniels, in the freezer mind you, and nothing to drink it with.

Why do you need anything else??

A glass and some whiskey is all you need.

 

[Rakhel]

Why do you need anything else??

A glass and some whiskey is all you need.

Because I don't wanna get hammered this early. I may like hard liquor but too much of a good thing can be bad for the housework. I ain't no June Cleaver ya'know.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Why do you need anything else??

A glass and some whiskey is all you need.

*glass is optional*

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I have Jack Daniels, in the freezer mind you, and nothing to drink it with.

More Jack Daniels?

 

[Rakhel]

I like a chaser and that I don't have.