Comments for Minor Detail at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.theind.com Fri, 24 May 2013 14:33:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/6122-minor-detail#comment-7429 Knowing how Lafayette works, bar owners will know in advance when the police or authorities are coming in. Its been done before, and owners are allowed to warn their workers. Also, nice try about looking at debit or credit cards, but some establishments that serve to underage kids don't even allow them to use such for that simple reason. I haven't gone out in a looooong time, but we all know where and who serves to kids for a profit. I applaud Lafayette for admitting to the problem, and now becoming proactive. Its past time LPD enforces this this law, and lets hope that they can curb the problem soon. I hate hearing of KIDS being killed b/c of a bar owner or bartender's decision to sell alcohol to them. - Applauding Somewhat Sun, 02 May 2010 20:04:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/6122-minor-detail#comment-7394 A Barrage Of Salvos To You Buckley ! But, the powers that be rather close their eyes to the underage drinking, it is just not economical to enforce the law which prohibits underage drinking....... I have resided in Lafayette Parish for 75 years and have never understood, why the local law enforcement agency cannot curb this underage drinking problem.. The solution is very obvious, hold the parents accountable and place a stiff monetary penalty on the parents of the juvenile! In 1952, a study was conducted in the Acadian area by the limonista Institute, a Catholic University world renowned for their tequila distillation center, based in the Mexican Cuidad of Jalisco.....The local Acadian based Catholic Church requested the aid of the Limonista University, group of Jesuit Monks to conduct a survey to determine the reason/reasons the local populace in the area was teeming with an under age drinking problem which seem to be more prevalent in the Acadian area than in any other part of the state. The Catholic Monks with the help of the local shilling distributor and the local bishop at the St. John Cathderal Catholic Church sponsored the study, and after a lengthy survey of the area's drinkers, the Monks concluded that the basic cause for the under age drinking problem in Acadiana was an inheirited gene passed on to the young of the adult Cajun population, also contributing to the problema was the obsessive, "Bon Temp attitude of the juvenile's asinine parents.............. - existentialist homme Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:25:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/6122-minor-detail#comment-7379 Nice work Chief Craft, " Nice work, whar i get mah check ? - Good Time Charlie ! Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:18:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/6122-minor-detail#comment-7371 Mr. Smith and his colleagues should appreciate that in most other states, what happens in your establishment is your reponsibility. If a twenty four year old hands a twenty year old a beer, it is your responsibility. In any other business -and in most things in this life-people are held accountable. It's your watch. Because there is not enough legal business to go around in the downtown bar community, establishments have allowed (turned a blind eye to) under age drinking, as there were no real consequences for breaking the law.It will not take long for someone to get the requisite four strikes to put them out of business.The bars will quickly realize that it is too dangerous to let minors in, so they will quit admitting them. There will be some attrition, since -as I said- there is not and never has been enough legal business to go around. The smart(er) guys will make this change sooner than later, absorb the revenue difference (Marleys already figured this out)and adjust to the new way of doing things. Crowds will be smaller but probably will include an older, more well heeled crowd that avoids the puerile party pukers who now dominate the night scene.Security will be far less problematic.Everyone will be happier. Nice work Chief Craft.Nice work - Buckley Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:15 +0100