Guilty part 2..responsibility
taranaki
09-12-2002, 12:43 AM
The laws relating to supply of alcohol to minors in New Zealand are inadequate.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,2047597a6002,00.html
While it is a major offence for bars and retailers to sell alcohol to minors,and an offence to buy alcohol on behalf of a minor,somehow it is o.k. if that minor is a family member.I don't have a problem with the od beer for a teenager,provided that it is given in a properly supervised and responsible manner,but in my mind there is something totally wrong with puchasing spirits for teenagers and allowing them to wander the streets while intoxicated.
Perhaps it is time for a new law with which to prosecute those parents whose utter negligence is a contribuing factor in serious crime.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,2047597a6002,00.html
While it is a major offence for bars and retailers to sell alcohol to minors,and an offence to buy alcohol on behalf of a minor,somehow it is o.k. if that minor is a family member.I don't have a problem with the od beer for a teenager,provided that it is given in a properly supervised and responsible manner,but in my mind there is something totally wrong with puchasing spirits for teenagers and allowing them to wander the streets while intoxicated.
Perhaps it is time for a new law with which to prosecute those parents whose utter negligence is a contribuing factor in serious crime.
sarujin
09-12-2002, 06:17 AM
The law for Alcohol is a farce.
Only a parent or Guardian can buy a minor alcohol, and it has to be then drunk on the parents or guardians private premise.
I believe parents, family or whoever brought the alcohol should be prosecuted along with the teenager. Both of them know the difference between right and wrong. They both broke the law, one buying, one consuming.
The law is the law, don't break it.
Hell I have no problem with you drinking at home with parents. Its healthier and helps build a tolerance to the stuff.
I'm sick of teenagers causing too much crime in New Zealand, there have been so many stories in the news recently. The law needs to be sorted out, and police need more power. Arrest them, they know right and wrong.
When I have children and a family, I want a safe country for them.
sarujin
Only a parent or Guardian can buy a minor alcohol, and it has to be then drunk on the parents or guardians private premise.
I believe parents, family or whoever brought the alcohol should be prosecuted along with the teenager. Both of them know the difference between right and wrong. They both broke the law, one buying, one consuming.
The law is the law, don't break it.
Hell I have no problem with you drinking at home with parents. Its healthier and helps build a tolerance to the stuff.
I'm sick of teenagers causing too much crime in New Zealand, there have been so many stories in the news recently. The law needs to be sorted out, and police need more power. Arrest them, they know right and wrong.
When I have children and a family, I want a safe country for them.
sarujin
replicant_008
09-12-2002, 05:23 PM
I hear you on that T-man...
It's almost as bad as the parents of the kid who drove on a learner's licence at night, crashed and killed himself and two others. The parents want the police to do more to stop these kids driving at night and breaking the law.... hang on where were the parents of the driver, the kids who were in the car... what kind of responsibility do they have?
Maybe if we started prosecuting parents and throwing in the slammer for the criminal action of their kids that we might get some sense of responsibility and discipline...
Dunno - I'm really starting to sound like my Dad now... (sigh)
It's almost as bad as the parents of the kid who drove on a learner's licence at night, crashed and killed himself and two others. The parents want the police to do more to stop these kids driving at night and breaking the law.... hang on where were the parents of the driver, the kids who were in the car... what kind of responsibility do they have?
Maybe if we started prosecuting parents and throwing in the slammer for the criminal action of their kids that we might get some sense of responsibility and discipline...
Dunno - I'm really starting to sound like my Dad now... (sigh)
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