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Post by Scott on Nov 9, 2008 10:15:52 GMT -5
Read this and thought I'd share it.
A 38-year-old man was cited for disorderly conduct in Fond du Lac, Wis., in September after he bought a beer for his sons, ages 2 and 4, at the county fair. He could not be cited for providing alcohol to minors because, under Wisconsin law, parents are exempt, but he was written up for swearing at police. [Post Crescent (Appleton, Wis.), 9-24-08]
Parents are exempt? You know it's a beer drinking state.
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Post by GT on Nov 9, 2008 11:04:11 GMT -5
My kinda state! ;D
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 9, 2008 11:53:26 GMT -5
Thats weird but very questionable as to the circumstance that led to the incident.
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Post by GRWelsh on Nov 9, 2008 13:34:44 GMT -5
Is Wisconsin a part of Sweden? Or is it Norway?
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Post by Scott on Nov 9, 2008 13:58:47 GMT -5
Deutschland was the impression I was under.
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Post by maraudar on Nov 10, 2008 11:40:29 GMT -5
And they say California is weird? I'm surprised CPS didn't get involved. Then again considering the absolute incompetency of that agency regardless of state I'm not..
I would have slammed the idiot on the ground, violated every civil right I could think of and then put him in a holding cell nekkid with Leroy the offender... Ahhh the sweet smell of police brutality...
Maraudar
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Post by GT on Nov 10, 2008 11:46:39 GMT -5
My philosophy is partially summed up by a t-shirt I saw:
Alcohol
Tobacco
& Firearms
...should be a "convenience store", not a "government agency"!
(Gary was with me on that, if anybody cares!) ^__^
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Post by amalric on Nov 14, 2008 8:52:57 GMT -5
Of course, as an outsider, I could draw on foreign interpretations of american culture and give you this:- In some parts of the South, wouldn't he have been arrested for not buying them beer? Yes, I'm running away even as I hit "enter"...  |
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Post by Scott on Nov 14, 2008 8:58:54 GMT -5
You're talking to a Yankee crowd, for the most part.
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Post by Rhuvein on Nov 14, 2008 16:08:12 GMT -5
Is Wisconsin a part of Sweden? Or is it Norway? Heh, both maybe. Wisconsin and Minnesota have good sized populations of Scandinavian immigrants. I have Swedish and Norwegian relatives in both states.  |
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Post by Rhuvein on Nov 14, 2008 16:10:04 GMT -5
Read this and thought I'd share it. A 38-year-old man was cited for disorderly conduct in Fond du Lac, Wis., in September after he bought a beer for his sons, ages 2 and 4, at the county fair. He could not be cited for providing alcohol to minors because, under Wisconsin law, parents are exempt, but he was written up for swearing at police. [Post Crescent (Appleton, Wis.), 9-24-08] Parents are exempt? You know it's a beer drinking state. Yeah, this is odd. Perhaps an old law or maybe at one time, it was assumed that parents wouldn't feed young children alcohol. Of course, on the other hand, many laws are written for the very few who would do stupids things like that. Hopefully, that law is getting looked at - as many do when these situations come up and the press get a hold of the story.  |
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