Greg's Blurty

A Positive Step In The Right Direction
Personally, I'm glad this happened:

Calif. school defends DWI shock tactics
Students were told classmates had died in car wrecks — they hadn't

updated 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend.

Classmates wept. Some became hysterical.

A few hours and many tears later, though, the pain turned to fury when the teenagers learned that it was all a hoax — a scared-straight exercise designed by school officials to dramatize the consequences of drinking and driving.

As seniors prepare for graduation parties Friday, school officials in the largely prosperous San Diego suburb are defending themselves against allegations they went too far.

At school assemblies, some students held up posters that read: "Death is real. Don't play with our emotions."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25123570/

And I'm not glad because I support this asinine war on drunk driving that's been going on since the early 80's...nor do I support drunk driving but that's a different topic. The topic here is, "How far will these anti drunk driving zealots go before everyone says, 'Enough, already! This witch hunt is over?"

And finally, kids are going on record and saying how stupid it is and that is the first step in killing it. That is the first step in implementing real change---convincing kids. And the kids didn't let us down. We don't give them any credit for being smart but they are. And the carnage won't stop with the end of MADD and SADD and all the evil treasonous programs they have spawned. Red light cameras, seat belt laws, tougher licensing restrictions for young drivers and every other idiotic thing we've come up with over the last few decades will be killed as well.

And it won't be a minute too soon and that's why I support the morons who did this. To them, I say: Good job and keep up the great work. Keep making the next generation hate you until they feel compelled to destroy you and every mistake you have ever made. Hopefully, they'll keep the few good things you've done but that's a different topic, too.

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