You Said What For Not To Drink The Drink

[jackofallgeeks]

OK, I don't get it. What is wrong with This Picture? No, I
mean seriously, what's wrong with it? I see a group of friends having fun
on a boat. There's alcohol, yes, but none of them appear to be under age.
There's nothing wrong with adults drinking alcohol. And yet here we
have the president of a community college resigning because of a picture
showing him doing something completely legal. It "reflects badly" on the
college? What, we can't tell the difference now between an adult enjoying
alcohol responsibly and encouraging college students to drink under age? It
really seems like we're pressing the whole idea that alcohol's bad and being
caught with it is never a good thing -- and that doesn't help. It's
a big "don't push the red button" situation, and the more you tell kids not
to the more likely it is they will, just to see what happens. It's
what kids do.

I just don't get it.

Comments

[elizardaa.livejournal.com]

I think the issue is this: To me (and probably many others) doing a (albeit, mini) keg stand is not drinking responsibly. It is one of the standards of college irresponsible drinking, so if the college president is seen doing it/helping someone else then it's hard to take him seriously when he says "We have a zero tolerence policy on underage drinking." or what-have-you. Also, his excuse of "It was broken, there was no beer coming out." is kind of lame. Just own up to the mistake and move on.

my two cents...

[elizardaa.livejournal.com]

That being said, I'm not sure it's worth firing the guy if he was doing an otherwise good job. Maybe just some sort of disciplinary action is called for... I don't know. ::shrug::

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

I dig the Cosby reference.