# Should Everclear be banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 10, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830 "2011-09-10T15:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/121 "2013-02-18T15:48:39Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > OK, how about 6%. If it saves just one child isn’t it worth it? Are you willing to ban anything that has ever harmed a child. Think about your answer. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/122 "2013-02-18T15:55:16Z")
Careful, boys… you’re about to be snared in his rhetorical trap. It’s a bit hard to see, right next to the giant neon billboard reading “GUN CONTROL GOTCHA” with a flashing arrow. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/123 "2013-02-18T15:57:43Z")
It’s funny that people think they’re arguing with \*\*Kable \*\*about alcohol. Let me make his point for him, since he enjoys the coyness: “STOP SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT GUNS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIE IN OTHER WAYS TOO!” There, can we double-tap this zombie-thread now? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/124 "2013-02-18T16:02:18Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Careful, boys… you’re about to be snared in his rhetorical trap. It’s a bit hard to see, right next to the giant neon billboard reading “GUN CONTROL GOTCHA” with a flashing arrow. Oh, I’m not familiar with him. There’s a pretty fucking giant hole in the comparison though. Well, several. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/125 "2013-02-18T16:05:20Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > There’s a pretty fucking giant hole in the comparison though. Well, several. Several? Let’s hear them. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/126 "2013-02-18T16:07:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s funny that people think they’re arguing with \*\*Kable \*\*about alcohol. It is funny. Now I’m going to load some ammo, shoot a bit, then I’m going to enjoy a stout myself. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/127 "2013-02-18T16:10:57Z")
It has uses other than drinking though. It’s illegal in my home state, but I can drive 10 miles and pick up a bit (no more than 2 litres at a time :rolleyes: ) for use in cleaning aquarium parts. There are very few things one can safely use for this job, but everclear works a treat, rinses clean or evaporates quickly, and if you miss any it won’t kill the fishies. It frankly annoys the crap out of me that I can’t just go get a gallon of it at the hardware store when I need some. That de-natured stuff is not fish-friendly. They should require an ID and an age limit (18 IMHO) for any dangerous chemical, but it’s amazing the crap you can buy without it. Pure Acetone? Are you tall enough to see over the counter? Well, OK then. . . . Complete idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/128 "2013-02-18T16:24:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s funny that people think they’re arguing with \*\*Kable \*\*about alcohol. Yes, it’s pretty transparent where the argument was going. I thought it was more fun to dance around it and play stupid. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/129 "2013-02-18T16:44:03Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Yeah, but AIDS doesn’t help me sing karaoke. Not even Queen? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/130 "2013-02-18T18:23:47Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > It is funny. Now I’m going to load some ammo, shoot a bit, then I’m going to enjoy a stout myself. Stop being on my side of any argument, please. Your rhetoric is bad and you should feel bad. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/131 "2013-02-18T18:55:13Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Not even Queen? You’re a bad, bad person and apparently so am I. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/132 "2013-02-18T19:16:36Z")
**Kable** , your last post is borderline trolling and there are already plenty of threads about gun control and you could start another if you felt it necessary. This one is about Everclear. If that topic doesn’t interest you, don’t post in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/133 "2013-02-18T19:53:52Z")
It brightens my day to see so many people agreeing that banning things for the stupidity of the user is a pointless wasted gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/134 "2013-02-18T20:14:34Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > OK, how about 6%. If it saves just one child isn’t it worth it? Depends on the child. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/135 "2013-02-18T20:27:12Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Not even Queen? Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/136 "2013-02-18T22:18:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Kable** , your last post is borderline trolling and there are already plenty of threads about gun control and you could start another if you felt it necessary. This one is about Everclear. If that topic doesn’t interest you, don’t post in this thread. There was a debate about Everclear? Looked like everyone was in agreement to me. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/137 "2013-02-18T22:22:00Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Stop being on my side of any argument, please. Your rhetoric is bad and you should feel bad. How would you argue your our points? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/138 "2013-02-18T22:31:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Toothpicks. Toothpicks should be banned. You could seriously do nasty things to yourself with a toothpick. Sherwood Anderson would likely agree. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/139 "2013-02-19T00:11:51Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > There was a debate about Everclear? Looked like everyone was in agreement to me. They pretty much were, yes. That doesn’t mean you can hijack the thread. You - and any other posters - need to take the gun discussion to another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830/140 "2013-02-19T11:51:10Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > Are you an alcoholic? Hi, I’m an alcoholic. I’ve not drunk for 14 months now, despite living somewhere where alcohol consumption is much more socially tolerated than much of the US. No, it shouldn’t be banned. I drank, always, because I chose to. It’s not your business, or anyone else’s, to tell me what I can choose to do, unless it may harm _other people_. You can, and indeed should, tax things that may harm myself as I’ll be expecting to have that harm fixed. To make it clear, if I choose to drink myself to death, I have every right to. I chose not to, and the legality and availability of alcohol had no bearing on that choice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-everclear-be-banned/595830.md?page=8)