• square@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    It was .10 pretty much everywhere when I was a kid, .08 became a thing little by little during the 90s, I think. MADD, mothers against drunk driving, is the reason behind this and many of the things surrounding drunk driving some find too restrictive or punitive. They were a very effective lobbying group.

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      3 days ago

      Even though their founder is or was a drunk and caught dwi after dwi while heading MADD. Kind of seems the irony speaks for itself and that no one did their background check.

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        2 days ago

        What is the entire post, honestly?

        Were you actually trying to get an answer to the question you originally posted? Or do you have some bizarre pro-dui agenda to push.

        This whole post reads like someone who is upset that got caught driving at .09.

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          Would you perfer I ask something like why in the states is the enlistment age is 18 but the drinking age is 21? Or how about why on cigarette packs they offer help but only if you are 21 meaning you have to be addicted for 3 years? But your not one who gets why I post just look at my profile.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        MADD had a fundraiser effort by offering breath mints for donations at bars and restaurants.

        I sat on the Board of a disease charity for 15 years. A charity can start with the best of intentions and integrity, but a single CEO can just change that to a money machine. The mandate becomes just rasing money.