Shock booze law proposal

Who comes up with this sht?

By that logic they should make car dealerships responsible for car accidents.
 
Barman sentenced after Frenchman does 56 shots and dies

CLAREMONT FERRAND - A French barman got a suspended jail sentence Wednesday after he was convicted of manslaughter for letting a man do 56 shots during a drinking contest that led to his death.

Renaud Prudhomme, 56, broke the in-house shots record last October at Starter, a bar in the central French town of Clermont-Ferrand.

He had spent the evening with his daughter and some friends who helped him home, but they soon had to phone the emergency services.

Prudhomme, a large man weighing around 120 kilos (260 pounds), died in hospital the following day.

Barman Gilles Crepin, 47, admitted at an earlier hearing that he had made "a mistake" by displaying the shots record on a noticeboard, encouraging the victim to go too far.

He was given a four-month suspended sentence by a local court on Wednesday and banned from working in a bar for a year.

His lawyer said he would appeal the ruling.

"It's a decision guided by emotion and the unconscious desire to set an example," said Renaud Portejoie, who had called for the case to be thrown out.

Portejoie said his client bore no responsibility, adding that it was the man's daughter who had pushed him to break the record, and that he had existing respiratory problems.

"We can't ask every customer who buys alcohol to present their medical certificates," said Portejoie.
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They even don't want to take accountability for their drunken mishaps.............................
 
Just that. The drunkards, like mcbribe will just blame the barman.
Just another scapegoat for the ANC.


Disgusting man. Enforce the current laws.
 
where do I sign a petition against the proposed law?

The next thing you know...
A friend invited for dinner, bring a 12 bottle box of brandy, decides to over indulge in his/her own liqour. And then his/her family sues you if he/she dies from alcohol poisoning.


As an adult, each person is responsible for him/herself. Or are the seriously obese gonna sue cadbury and abi?




#I seldom drink alcohol, but believe in the freedom of choice.
 
spiff said:
hmmk so it just a matter of time when they will hold gun shop owners responsible for murders too? :whistle:
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Ignoring the whole licensing aspect.… if a guy walked into a gun shop in an obvious rage and asked for the best gun and ammo to shoot up a school would you be ok with the shop owner selling it to him?
 
Loopy idea.

The notion comes from the America, where in the mid-80s an org called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) lobbied for Congress to pass the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, imposing 21 as the legal age for drinking. Nanny state stuff.

I got my kids drinking from the age of 12.
 
bwana said:
Ignoring the whole licensing aspect.… if a guy walked into a gun shop in an obvious rage and asked for the best gun and ammo to shoot up a school would you be ok with the shop owner selling it to him?
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The gunshop owner is a mere seller/trader. He does not have the authority to decide who gets weapons or not - the state wanted that right to be controlled, and did so via the licensing system. The onus to decide is thus on the state.

Here, you have a similar problem, but the state is trying to shift the responsibility to the barman, without empowering him to enforce that responsibility. Without a clear, objective and fair policy for the barman to determine who is too intoxicated to have another drink, this creates undue liability on the barman.

This is also pretty full of loopholes - the designated driver is now promoted to official drinkbuyer as well. Sure, the fact that there is a DD means that the group is safe from prosecution based on a DUI charge, but if one of the group assaults the hobo outside, are both the DD and the barman then guilty?
 
Arthur said:
Loopy idea.

The notion comes from the America, where in the mid-80s an org called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) lobbied for Congress to pass the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, imposing 21 as the legal age for drinking. Nanny state stuff.

I got my kids drinking from the age of 12.
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Arthur said:
Loopy idea.

The notion comes from the America, where in the mid-80s an org called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) lobbied for Congress to pass the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, imposing 21 as the legal age for drinking. Nanny state stuff.

I got my kids drinking from the age of 12.
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Lol - dyslexia ftw
 
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