Comments on: a shift in HPD DIP policy? http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy Harrisonburg's Community News Network Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: finnegan http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 finnegan Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:10:52 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/#comment-1561 I don't know. I guess that was a kind of elitist statement. Forgive me. I guess I meant that it keeps certain types of people from ever coming inside. I can assure you, it's not a gay bar, though. I don’t know. I guess that was a kind of elitist statement. Forgive me. I guess I meant that it keeps certain types of people from ever coming inside. I can assure you, it’s not a gay bar, though.

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]]> By: Christa Gitchell http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Christa Gitchell Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:56:55 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/#comment-1558 OK, I give up...why do you like that people think Artful Dodger is a gay bar? I'm new here, so forgive me if I seem ignorant. OK, I give up…why do you like that people think Artful Dodger is a gay bar? I’m new here, so forgive me if I seem ignorant.

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]]> By: finnegan http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 finnegan Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:54:00 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/#comment-1550 Dead on, Tim. No, Myron. Harrisonburg has no gay bar. But I like that people think that. Dead on, Tim.

No, Myron. Harrisonburg has no gay bar. But I like that people think that.

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]]> By: republitarian http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 republitarian Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:10:54 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/#comment-1549 Isn't the Artful Dodger a gay bar? Isn’t the Artful Dodger a gay bar?

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]]> By: Tim http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Tim Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:01:53 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2007/03/17/a-shift-in-hpd-dip-policy/#comment-1548 I hope Harrisonburg really is reexamining what the spirit of the DIP law is and how their enforcement has strayed from it. I have heard people argue that they would rather drive home drunk, and only be at risk of arrest for 5 minuets, than be responsible, walk, and be exposed for 20 minuets. Lots of things wrong with the statement but so is arresting a drunk guy who leaves his car and walks home for stumbling when he would have been swerving. I believe a policy that looks at the threat a person poses to themselves or the community instead of a black or white question of "are they drunk or not," would go a long way to promoting safer streets. It might also cool the common accusation that city cops pick up harmless drunks as a method of gaining revenue and keeping the uber expensive ASAP program full. I hope Harrisonburg really is reexamining what the spirit of the DIP law is and how their enforcement has strayed from it. I have heard people argue that they would rather drive home drunk, and only be at risk of arrest for 5 minuets, than be responsible, walk, and be exposed for 20 minuets. Lots of things wrong with the statement but so is arresting a drunk guy who leaves his car and walks home for stumbling when he would have been swerving.

I believe a policy that looks at the threat a person poses to themselves or the community instead of a black or white question of “are they drunk or not,” would go a long way to promoting safer streets. It might also cool the common accusation that city cops pick up harmless drunks as a method of gaining revenue and keeping the uber expensive ASAP program full.

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