About Nathan DeGraaf
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Tampa, FL by way of St. Louis, MO
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University of South Florida
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Nathan DeGraaf graduated fucking years ago with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida, which he still lives near because college chicks are the best.
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Open that Container
Posted March 29th, 2007 by Nathan DeGraaf
I try to be a respectful person (seriously). I try to abide by all the laws of our great nation. I pay my taxes. I don't hurt nobody. I do what I can to be an upstanding citizen of the U, the S, and the A. I agree with most of our laws in America. But I will never get behind open container laws.
I have received open container tickets before. The first time I ever received one, I thought it was a joke and threw it in the garbage. The second time I received one, I remembered that I had forgotten to pay the first one. The third time I received one, I actually said to the cop, "But dude, it's my container."
His response: "But dude, it's our law."
He said it kind of sarcastically.
And it's a bullshit law. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. I never have respected it and I never will.
I can't think of one other legal product in the world that you can actually receive a citation just for opening.
I cannot stress this enough: it's my container. I should be allowed to open it wherever I want. If I'm too drunk to be in public, arrest me for it. If I'm too drunk to drive with it, arrest me for that. If I'm not allowed to bring my open container into your proprietorship, take the damn container from me, but don't tell me that I, a citizen of this great nation, can purchase a container from a store, walk outside of said store, and then be prohibited from opening it (the container, not the store).
That's just crap.
Now, I'm not one for movements. And quite frankly, I don't see how piddly shit like this could even require a movement, but I recommend that someone out there help the American consciousness pull its collective head out of its collective ass and learn that there is nothing wrong with purchasing a container of anything and then opening it.
I mean, my fucking God. Even that stupid "no driving while talking on a cell phone" law makes more sense than open container laws.
Oh, and by the way, kudos to the great city of New Orleans for never recognizing the open container law. I think it's fair to say that if New Orleans doesn't need a law, the rest of the world doesn't either.
And if you think I'm wrong you can go to hell.
I have received open container tickets before. The first time I ever received one, I thought it was a joke and threw it in the garbage. The second time I received one, I remembered that I had forgotten to pay the first one. The third time I received one, I actually said to the cop, "But dude, it's my container."
His response: "But dude, it's our law."
He said it kind of sarcastically.
And it's a bullshit law. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. I never have respected it and I never will.
I can't think of one other legal product in the world that you can actually receive a citation just for opening.
I cannot stress this enough: it's my container. I should be allowed to open it wherever I want. If I'm too drunk to be in public, arrest me for it. If I'm too drunk to drive with it, arrest me for that. If I'm not allowed to bring my open container into your proprietorship, take the damn container from me, but don't tell me that I, a citizen of this great nation, can purchase a container from a store, walk outside of said store, and then be prohibited from opening it (the container, not the store).
That's just crap.
Now, I'm not one for movements. And quite frankly, I don't see how piddly shit like this could even require a movement, but I recommend that someone out there help the American consciousness pull its collective head out of its collective ass and learn that there is nothing wrong with purchasing a container of anything and then opening it.
I mean, my fucking God. Even that stupid "no driving while talking on a cell phone" law makes more sense than open container laws.
Oh, and by the way, kudos to the great city of New Orleans for never recognizing the open container law. I think it's fair to say that if New Orleans doesn't need a law, the rest of the world doesn't either.
And if you think I'm wrong you can go to hell.
12 Comments
wtf are you on about? open container of what?
you yanks are weird
hey huniii......its not that us "yanks" are weird, we are intelligent and can decipher what Nate meant.
f.y.i: He was talking about a container of alcohol.
Alcohol, darlin. Driving while having an open container of beer in the car [or even a bottle of liquor that has BEEN opened, top screwed on or not] constitutes a misdemeanor in these here United States. Hell, most public areas (streets, courthouses, elementary schools, etc.) in my state won't allow you to walk around with an open alcohol container. I, like our esteemed Mr DeGraaf, have learned this one the hard way.
that sucks...
honestly that law makes no sense
It's like that in Alberta, Canada as well except with hard alcohol you can screw the lid back on and put it in the trunk of your car (so a driver couldn't access it on the road I suppose) and you won't get a fine.
However, I completely agree. It's rediculous.
Fair play, well said and all that, but dont get me started on drivers who talk on mobile phones!! Fcukers should be shot!
I was arrested once for open container. I was carrying an empty red cup. It did not even have the chance to get filled with nice cold beer. I bailed myself out in about 25 minutes. That law basically is just about getting money.
They passed an open container law in Louisiana about a year or two ago, just for cars. But because there's a Drive-Thru Daquiri industry in New Orleans they made sure to stipulate that if any beverage has a lid on it, including just half of the paper on the straw of a daquiri, it doesn't count as an open container. So you just have to make sure you save the top end of your paper straw to slide it back on if you get pulled over.
I love New Orleans, but if the rest of the country adopted its laws and lack thereof nothing would ever get done.
Vegas Baby: Drink any where, any time
thanks for giving my city props, but cant forget about drive-thru daquiries, with jaegar shots to go aloong with it
I cant believe you can be ARRESTED for that. I did wonder if it was alcohol, but thought nah, nobody could be so stupid. Seems I was wrong. Out here in Oz, so long as its in a brown paper bag (so the little kiddies cant see it i suppose) then its all good - drink away!
Oh and please dont go getting all narky about us skips calling you guys yanks - those whinging poms have launched a class action to get us to stop calling em whinging poms - Id hate to have to laugh at americans as much as i laugh at brits
I totally agree, I was stopped for speeding, the police saw the open beer in the car and had me to blow in that blower...it blew 0.00 haha and he gave me a ticket for drinking in public... now how is that...the beer had been in my car for days. I hadnt even drunk out of it. That Law Sucks...I Love New Orleans for not having that redneck Law.
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