Government Sues Trucking Company for Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver- Fox News
Just wanted to share a few thoughts on this story, as I am at a loss to understand why in the world something like alcoholism is a protected status with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). The average man considers a handicapped person to be in a wheelchair, blind, or have some mental condition that prevents them from leading a normal life. But being a drunk? By your own choice? Come on people, get with it. Does the man born with no legs choose to be the way he is? No, he does not. What about the blind man? Again......no. Surely the man who is autistic, or born with down syndrome, surely he chose to be that way. That's a negative on that one too. This man chooses to be a drunk. He isn't born that way, he chose to put that bottle to his lips. Now some of you will argue that addiction to alcohol is hereditary, and I'll respond to that right now. BULLSHIT. Period, end of story. This man made a choice to put that bottle to his lips and continue to do so. That's the deal. No more, no less.
You can not compare being a drunk to being handicapped. If you choose to do something, how can this be a handicap? It is, as I have pointed out in a few other posts, the slow shirking of responsibility, and what is morally right and wrong. Somewhere, some policy maker actually sat down and decided that being a drunk was the same as not having any legs. Are you kidding me? Have we become so liberal and so bleeding hearted that even the drunks and addicts are now a protected status? That if an employer does not make accommodations to a slovenly drunk that they will face the ire of our government? Not to mention what this guy does for a living, being a truck driver on public roads. The same roads that you and I drive, with our children. I'm sure that I don't have to elaborate on the dangers of a inebriated person driving a tractor trailer at high speed.............
What this all boils down to is that we have let our government go off the deep end. While I fully believe that the ADA is a valuable piece of legislation, it has gotten out of hand. Just like the rest of our laws and regulations. It reminds me of an old saying..."The road to Hell is paved with good intentions"......and this is so true here. The ADA was passed to protect people like my Dad, who had a debilitating spinal condition, who had to work hard jobs with no concessions or special treatment. He didn't live long enough to see the benefits of the Americans with Disabilities Act, yet some drunk who chose to be a drunk falls into the same category as my Dad, who didn't have a choice. It certainly does strain the mind a bit, doesn't it?
I'll be writing to Old Dominion Freight lines, congratulating and supporting them in their decision to take a drunk off of our roads, and for standing up to the feds. I hope you'll take a few minutes to do the same.
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
500 Old Dominion Way
Thomasville, NC 27360
or email: Alice.Gibson@odfl.com
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