Comments on: “Canada may legalize drunken canoeing” https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/10/canada-may-legalize-drunken-canoeing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:47:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/10/canada-may-legalize-drunken-canoeing/comment-page-1/#comment-347065 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:26:04 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=66777#comment-347065 Scott Unger on Twitter: “They’re not legalizing drunken canoeing-they’re removing penalties for drinking & boating.

“Public drunkenness is still illegal.”

https://twitter.com/scottu487/status/919942459169411072

]]> By: Turk https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/10/canada-may-legalize-drunken-canoeing/comment-page-1/#comment-347060 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:10:46 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=66777#comment-347060 Rivers, rapids and alcohol don’t mix well, so yeah, it can (and does) present a hazard in some places.

Whether there should be a law against it is another story.

]]> By: John Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/10/canada-may-legalize-drunken-canoeing/comment-page-1/#comment-347056 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:53:12 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=66777#comment-347056 Reminds me of the classic Jeff Foxworthy quip: “Yew might be a redneck if you’ve ever been too drunk to fish.”

]]> By: ras https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/10/canada-may-legalize-drunken-canoeing/comment-page-1/#comment-347055 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:11:08 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=66777#comment-347055 It’s tough to walk a straight-line sobriety test in a canoe.

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