Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

It seems odd that to purchase alcohol a person must show they have a license to operate a motor vehicle.

There are things in society that seem odd to me. One is the relationship we have established between obtaining alcohol and having a license to operate a motor vehicle. If you want to purchase alcohol, you must show that you are of proper age. The method of doing so is to show your license to operate a motor vehicle.

By now, we have pretty much established the danger of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant – it slows the reaction of the brain and body. While operating a motor vehicle, we want unimpaired reaction of brain and body.

Still, to buy alcohol, you show your license to operate a motor vehicle.

It seems that if you have a license to operate a motor vehicle, you would be disallowed from purchasing alcohol. Only those people who did not own a motor vehicle and did not have a license to operate a motor vehicle would be permitted to purchase alcohol.

Perhaps I am odd for thinking this to be odd.