Drinking and responsibility

[big4life]

I was talking about this with someone earlier.

What moral responsibility do you have to cut someone off, if you are serving them drinks? Whether as part of your job at a bar, restaurant, or just at a party that you are hosting.

We all know there is a huge legal responsibility to do this, but do you think that there is a moral one. To look out for your fellow man, etc..


What's your opinion?

 

[saint808]

i say let them keep drinking... natural selection at work.

 

[Y_lifter]

Well, we are about to see how far it goes with a case involving a Man that bailed out / picked up his friend at the Police station.

They police gave the man his car keys and the friend drove him back to his car at the bar.

Guess what ?
The drunk dude wrecked and killed someone on the way home.

The friend is being charged with Felony Manslaughter or maybe even Accessory to Murder.
He wasn't even in the car, none the less driving.


The police immediatly changed the rules and now impound a car for 24 hours.

 

[casavant]

If they're slopping around or passing out at the bar, it's bad for the image and they need to be cut off or made to leave. If they're getting more and more aggressive the more they drink, they need to go. Other than that, I say they can drink as much as they want. It's a bar, it's there body, and it's there prerogative if they want to get fucked up, as long as they can act in accordance with the rules of the place.

 

[WODIN]

If I'm throwing a party and someone is too drunk to drive I take there keys. I've had a few people mad at me for weeks over that one. I'd rather have friends who were just mad over a minor incident than have to go to their funeral.

That's my take on it.

 

[casavant]

If I'm throwing a party and someone is too drunk to drive I take there keys.

Just did this a few hours ago, seriously. It took us about ten minutes to persuade the chickie that she was way too fucked up to drive.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

People are responsible for their own actions, no matter how drunk they are.

 

[TEXgrl]

People are responsible for their own actions, no matter how drunk they are.

this is true, but how often do you hear people use being drunk as an excuse for bad behavior, infedility, etc

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

this is true, but how often do you hear people use being drunk as an excuse for bad behavior, infedility, etc

That's a crock of shit and people who accept that as an excuse deserve what they get.

 

[big4life]

People are responsible for their own actions, no matter how drunk they are.

I agree, but what responsibility do you take as host? If you don't keep serving them drinks then maybe they don't get smashed and hurt someone else? They take the responsibility of getting drunk, but what is your responsibility for providing the alcohol for them to get drunk with?

 

[Bullit]

I think it is purely a moral responsibility, and should not be a legal one.
The drunk should be 100% responsible for his actions, but by putting some of the blame on the bar the courts are abdicating some of the drunks responsibility. I think there should be no legal recourse when it comes to the bar.

Morally, however, the bar should not be supplying drinks to people that are too hammered to speak/walk.

 

[TEXgrl]

That's a crock of shit and people who accept that as an excuse deserve what they get.

i agree with you.

 

[Japanese machine]

I was talking about this with someone earlier.

What moral responsibility do you have to cut someone off, if you are serving them drinks? Whether as part of your job at a bar, restaurant, or just at a party that you are hosting.

We all know there is a huge legal responsibility to do this, but do you think that there is a moral one. To look out for your fellow man, etc..


What's your opinion?

a "good person" will ALWAYS look out for the well being of others, whether it be drinking, or otherwise. If i were to throw a party i would think there is a moral obligation to stop a man/women if they have reached their threshold. but thats just me.

Its pure moral bro, whether you look out for them or not, its not your fault. period. But i like i said, a "good person" will always look out for others.