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Fast_Bodybuilder_496 t1_j5dp54c wrote

Reply to comment by EightandaHalf-Tails in A woman who got wasted at a Marilyn Manson concert blew up $15 million worth of property. She's suing the company that served her. by end_of_rainbow

I know the laws exist, but I never could get behind the idea that the bartender is somehow responsible for the patrons drunken actions

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hetfield151 t1_j5e7nug wrote

Yeah its so stupid. If you cant handle alcohol, you mustnt be drinking at all.

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Sure_Trash_ t1_j5elrvo wrote

I get it to an extent. If someone is slurring and sloppy drunk, serving them more alcohol is irresponsible. You don't know what they're going to do but you do know their decision making is thoroughly impaired so cutting them off makes sense. Some people act almost perfectly normal even when drunk though so it's not like they can be responsible for everyone they serve.

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Fast_Bodybuilder_496 t1_j5fa85h wrote

Your last sentence is the part that gets me the most- you don't have to be sloppy and slurring drunk to be dangerous behind the wheel of a car. Frankly, if legislators want to prosecute bartenders for over serving patrons and hold them accountable for whatever the patrons go on to do in their drunken state, they should just ban alcohol outright. I can't think of any other scenario in which we hold someone legally accountable for another adult's consensual actions outside of committing a crime.

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