Indian tribe sues alcohol companies
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http://www.argusleader.com/article/2012 ... /302090048
This just shows how delusional some of these tribe leaders are and how they refuse take responsibility for themselves or their tribes.
it also shows that prohibition never works. Legalize it :geek:
This just shows how delusional some of these tribe leaders are and how they refuse take responsibility for themselves or their tribes.
it also shows that prohibition never works. Legalize it :geek:
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I wouldn't say delusional. The concept of 'responsibility' isn't always so black and white.
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i think my head just exploded.
That was me. I also wonder if the tribe understands that its lawsuit is perpetuating a stereotype and that they are complaining that the stores didn't discriminate against them based on that stereotype. If the alcohol companies had refused to supply the stores or the stores had refused to sell to even one member of the tribe based on that, the tribe would have been protesting and suing over that instead.
if you think about it, though, reservations are considered sovereign nations, so if say canada legalized meth and us citizens kept coming up buying it, would canada have any responsibility knowing they are selling them a product that will be illegal once they cross the border? not takling about tourists but if these stores and manufacturers knew that american was just going to turn around and take all that meth back into the states.
i bet their counties don't have a problem taking the millions of dollars most tribes are blackmailed into giving all it's surrounding counties for roads and schools.
i found this an interesting line in the article, though:
The beer makers supplied the stores with “volumes of beer far in excess of an amount that could be sold in compliance with the laws of the state of Nebraska”
you shouldn't have to dial 1 for english, you should be hitting 1 for iroquoi
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
maybe or maybe not, good thing you can see into the future. alcohol is illegal there. we'er not talking about a native going into a restaurant and being served a beer, we're talking about them buying in quantity when the stores and beer manufacturers know they are helping them violate their laws. so, i can buy a kid a carton of cigarettes and ignore the law says you have to be 18, right?
let's say i lived in belgium where the age limit for beer is 16 and for liquor it's 18.....you all are saying i can come over here and buy every 16 year old that asks cases of beer and every 18 year old all the liquor they want and none of it is my fault? or would you want me to respect your laws?
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
You should be held responsible...not the people you bought the alcohol from.
Based on your logic, the reservation is failing at policing their sovereign nation from illegal bootleggers.