On Aug 27, 10:45 am, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
wrote:
"_ Prof. Jonez _" wrote:





Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) wrote:
Pneuma Pelosi wrote:

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:54:15 -0000, Bo Raxo
wrote:

On Aug 26, 9:52 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
wrote:
I never heard of it, but they ought to be. They're on the road
too and if drunk, pose a menace to others though not as big as if
driving an SUV.

Yes, they do. http://www.just****inggoogleit.com

I had a neighbor get arrested for it years ago in California. He
protested the arrest and charges, but the court would hear none of
it.

Why didn't he argue that the statute says "Driving While Intoxicated"
or "Driving Under the Influence" and since

Why don't you read the actual statute?

Because reading the actual statute wouldn't be half as much fun as
having a little fun with it.

snip

In Colorado, the DUI statute encompasses not only Cars and Trucks, but also
Bicycles, Motor Boats, and Horses ...

Yet it's called "DUI", which means that my argument is still valid. BTW,
you drive a car, a truck and a boat, right? Do you drive a horse? The
Amish should be allowed to get sloshed before going out and slowing
traffic. Wait, you can "drive" horses when you are trying to corral
them. The Amish wouldn't be allowed to do that while drunk under these
rules.


Yeah, and you ride a motorcycle instead of driving it. Try that
semantic bull**** and you'll get laughed out of court. Ever wonder
why the legal system has it's own dictionary, Black's Law - because
words in a legal context have specific meanings different from their
everyday use. You're operating a vehicle, and the vehicle can be
defined as a boat or a horse or a bicycle. You don't like it, write
your legislators.

What prevents them from getting you for walking while intoxicated?

Nothing, it's called "public intoxication".

How
about crawling?

Makes it easier to spot that you're drunk.

What about "being" while intoxicated?

You can be arrested for being intoxicated in a bar. Wrap your tiny
head around that concept.

If "driving" can
mean what you do on a bike, it could be expanded to what Martin
Heidegger termed "Sein". I think a person charged with DUI should bring
this up in court.


The law can be written to encompass whatever is constitutional. You
don't have a constitutional right to be intoxicated in public. Hence
there are laws against being drunk in public.

As for Heidegger, I'm old enough to have been forced to read "The
Question Concerning Technology" in college and young enough to
remember I couldn't stand that stupid facist. Funny guy to quote when
you're making what is essentially a libertarian argument.


Bo Raxo