Liquor Sales

I don’t buy liquor, but I could, just south of where I live — two or three miles down the road are three (count ’em) bottle shops on the same intersection. I know the Scripture teaches temperance – not abstinence – but I hate to see more liquor stores.

From the Star-Telegram today: Northeast Tarrant County residents usually head to Fort Worth or beyond when in need of a good bottle of scotch. The options, outside of a liquor store in Westlake, are limited. But that could change if Colleyville residents approve liquor sales May 8.

I have to admit I am one of those guys who doesn’t understand why Liquor continues to be legal in our society. And while I llove your comments I don’t need to hear about how prohibition failed in the last Century. We’ve come a long way in law enforcement, but one can never stop all the illegal use of banned substances – be it street drugs, or prescription abuse, or HGH in sports.

I guess I will rest my case on how hard we try to stop “smoking.” I know it’s not illegal, but it is becoming unaffordable, and there are multitudes of campaigns against the practice. One only need look at the carnage that is the result of alcohol abuse – from the highways to the hospitals to the courtrooms (both civil and criminal) to the homes to the prisons, to know our society would be better off without it.

Many will say it won’t make it worse to have more outlets. I guess we would say that about “smack” or “speed” as well. But I am clinging to my prejudices (and, by the way, to God and my guns). I’ve seen too many drunks ruining marriages, killing others on the highways, derelict on the streets, and drying out in prisons, to feel differently.

Colleyville just doesn’t need to create more places for people to get the stuff. There are too many now.