How do Houstonians feel about Texas' antiquated blue laws... (Dallas: sale, to buy)

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

I think they should stay the same.

Most people that would like to change them are between the ages of 18-26 or so. By the time you pass that age your thoughts of changing the blue laws start to decrease. We are both very large commuter cities and if we were to change them the later you push the closing times the better chance you have of drunk drivers intermingling with the morning commuters.

Harris County is already the worst county in the country for drunk drivers.

I'll play devil's advocate
Why should we punish law abiding citizens that don't drive drunk because of the actions of a few people?
Why do we have to solve everything by passing laws that take away our freedoms and give more rights to government to control our lives?

[Manni_Fress]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I'll play devil's advocate
Why should we punish law abiding citizens that don't drive drunk because of the actions of a few people?
Why do we have to solve everything by passing laws that take away our freedoms and give more rights to government to control our lives?

Couldn't have said it better. This reminds me of the gun control argument, when the overwhelming majority are law abbiding citizens.

[jimmyev]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

I think they should stay the same.

Most people that would like to change them are between the ages of 18-26 or so. By the time you pass that age your thoughts of changing the blue laws start to decrease. We are both very large commuter cities and if we were to change them the later you push the closing times the better chance you have of drunk drivers intermingling with the morning commuters.

Harris County is already the worst county in the country for drunk drivers.

Perhaps it has something to do with public transportation or lack there of? When I lived back East and I got drunk, it was easy to take the bus home. Here? Nope.

Originally Posted by Dopo

I just think is funny that the areas with the most blue laws are the ones that claim to be against "Big government trying to tell us how to do our things"
Just typical political hypocrisy,
they are against something when it affects, when it doesn't affect them, they support it.

Every time I think I might vote Republican because they're promising less government, I just look at Texas and it's obvious they're lying. They tell you how to buy a car; how to buy contacts; how specific medical procedures must be performed; when you can buy anything with alcohol; and how to buy cold medicine. They won't even legalize brew pubs for God's sake! Less government my ass.

[Manni_Fress]

Originally Posted by jimmyev

Perhaps it has something to do with public transportation or lack there of? When I lived back East and I got drunk, it was easy to take the bus home. Here? Nope.



Every time I think I might vote Republican because they're promising less government, I just look at Texas and it's obvious they're lying. They tell you how to buy a car; how to buy contacts; how specific medical procedures must be performed; when you can buy anything with alcohol; and how to buy cold medicine. They won't even legalize brew pubs for God's sake! Less government my ass.

LOL...Yea I'm a conservative that leans more toward the Libertarian side. Less government is less government. People don't realize how much the government is in our lives.

[MobileDave]

Originally Posted by jimmyev

Perhaps it has something to do with public transportation or lack there of? When I lived back East and I got drunk, it was easy to take the bus home. Here? Nope.



Every time I think I might vote Republican because they're promising less government, I just look at Texas and it's obvious they're lying. They tell you how to buy a car; how to buy contacts; how specific medical procedures must be performed; when you can buy anything with alcohol; and how to buy cold medicine. They won't even legalize brew pubs for God's sake! Less government my ass.

Are you really comparing Texas to anything on the East Coast? At least our government isn't snatching sodas out of our hands or taxing us on sugar consumption.

I think availability of public transportation, cabs, and the density or how spread out the city is all factors in. Everyone drives here and almost everything requires a car. A lot of the people you see drunk driving are drving from a place like Washington Ave. all the way out to Clear Lake.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

I don't know that its the clubs closing at 2am that's to blame for the lack of tourism in Texas. In California the clubs also close at 2am.

[Manni_Fress]

Originally Posted by justme02

I don't know that its the clubs closing at 2am that's to blame for the lack of tourism in Texas. In California the clubs also close at 2am.

Not saying that's a reason but if people enjoyed themselves they would keep coming back. I have lived in NYC so I guess I see things different. It would be nice if Texans would be a little more foward thinking. Look at all the money we give Oklahoma and Louisiana in gambling dollars.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by jimmyev

Every time I think I might vote Republican because they're promising less government, I just look at Texas and it's obvious they're lying. They tell you how to buy a car; how to buy contacts; how specific medical procedures must be performed; when you can buy anything with alcohol; and how to buy cold medicine. They won't even legalize brew pubs for God's sake! Less government my ass.

Like the laws that make it illegal for us to buy medicine in Canada and/or Mexico
Lift ban on buying medicines from Canada - Feb. 2005

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Like the laws that make it illegal for us to buy medicine in Canada and/or Mexico
Lift ban on buying medicines from Canada - Feb. 2005

Interesting...

[colcat]

I think that having to wait until noon on Sunday to buy a bottle of wine is ridiculous. I once got to the checkout at 11:58am and had to wait the two minutes to purchase.