So Much for MADD

[akirlu]

Julia has it all here, but in case you aren't the link-clicking type, a precis:

A pair of teenagers in Mississippi respond to the drunk-driving death of a friend by starting a designated driver program for their school. The program consists of teams of sober teenagers with a single cell phone who volunteer each Friday night to be on call for people who are too drunk to get home safely. The number of that phone is distributed around the school, and everyone knows they can call it if they're not willing to call their parents. The idea is that teenagers are going to drink anyway, whether they have a designated driver or not, but this way at least they get home alive afterwards. And MADD has issued a statement against the program, because it "condones teen drinking" and teens should not drink.

AAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I really kinda hope this is some sort of April Fool's Day joke, but I think I'm going to write a letter to MADD anyhow. Sheesh.

Comments

[dlacey.livejournal.com]

Given the number of people who seem to think of abstinence as a sure-fire method for preventing teen pregnancy I'm sceptical of the April Fools explanation. To paraphrase, never attribute to April Fools what can be adequately explained by batshit blind stupidity.

[cluefairy-j.livejournal.com]

To see this kind of progressiveness in Mississippi is great and shouldn't be squashed. MADD is so...so...stupid on this issue.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Doesn't surprise me as despite all the attempted zaniness Madd Magazine never struck me as the sort of institution to approve of alcohol, or any other sort of drug for that matter. heck, I have trouble imaginging them drinking lattes there.