Punch a Drunk, Love!

Go read this :
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=e7b802fa-65cc-42f4-a854-7baf35d553e6&k=80899

Now think about it for a minute.
Six prior convictions. Six. What does he win if he gets to ten? A free wine cellar? A fully furnished loft upstairs from his favorite bar? This is totally unacceptable.
Two or three months ago there was a story in the Journal de Montreal about a man who had been caught for the ninth time. All the old french guys I have coffee with each morning were laughing and joking about it. THIS is totally unacceptable.
Lets just put things in perspective here. This man lives in a city where he can come home from work, pick up his phone, call his corner depanneur and have beer, wine, whatever delivered right to his door, no strike that, if he leaves the door open,delivered right to his Lazyboy. And they will take any empties as thier tip or to cover part of the bill. And yet there are still thosands of yahoos who endanger themselves and others everyday.
There has to be a way to get through to the younger generation so that the cycle of foolishness ends. What would it take? A family tragedy? Nope. I recently had a former co- worker and her father land at the bar I work at in grief because they had lost a sister/daughter to a drunk driving incident.They stayed , and drank, for a few hours before leaving seperately, in thier own rides. Now they weren't drunk. But they had been drinking.
I am by no means judging people who drink. I'm an All- Star myself. But long, long ago I realized this and got rid of my car. More and more drinkers will get the point. As long as the government wakes up and makes them responsible for the act. Not just when the act kills.