Thursday, September 15, 2005
Haha! Kids and their booze.
Booz0r3d!
The police department got a bunch of money from the state to fight underage drinking. Let's go to the commentary!
Others, however, did not share Conti's enthusiasm. Councilmember Kriss Worthington was concerned that potential use of undercover tactics like the minor decoy program could unfairly punish merchants by generating crimes.
"Personally, I don't think we need to do entrapment and create new crime," Worthington said. "I don't think Berkeley's small businesses need people trying to trick them into breaking the law."
Pop quiz: In what way does this trick people into breaking the law?
You see, normally, small businesses sell to underage drinkers who won't tell the police. But now, the police are going to try to trick them into selling to an underage drinker who will tell the police. How tricky!
"I think the money could be much better spent than sending in minors to trick store owners," said UC Berkeley senior Trevor Owens. "We have a drug problem, too. Why not crack down on that?"
Ah, yes, the highly successful War on Drugs. Good idea. By the way, do we have a drug problem here?
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