I think I agree with Modern Drunkard that MADD has become a modern prohibitionist (and generally puritanical) movement.

The latest proof? MADD has severed ties with Ms. Teen USA because she was hanging out (and kissing) Ms. USA

Mothers Against Drunk Driving said Wednesday it was severing ties with Miss Teen USA Katie Blair because it was "disappointed" by news reports that she had partied with Miss USA Tara Conner.

The day before, Conner had tearfully admitted drinking as a minor at New York nightclubs. She turned 21 on Monday.

"In the past, MADD has teamed with Miss Teen USA to raise awareness about the serious and often deadly consequences of underage drinking," said Heidi Castle, a spokeswoman for MADD, in a statement. "However, we do not feel, at this time, that Ms. Blair can be an effective spokesperson on underage drinking and will not ask her to represent MADD in future initiatives."

I was enjoying the stories about how Miss USA and Miss Teen USA were hooking up at a club. That's fine by me, and hell, what do people think teenagers do with their free time? This puritanical shit has got to stop. Miss USA had to tearfully apologize for hanging out at a club and drinking underage? In what other country in the world would it be the expected thing to do to send a 20-year-old girl to rehab because she went out to a club got drunk and kissed another hot girl? How stodgy can we possibly get as a society?

And then MADD shows up to further scold them for their misbehavior that didn't even involve driving. How can they say they're anything but a prohibitionist movement? It's not about the drinking and driving with this lot, it's just about the drinking.

We're being overrun by the neo-puritans. Just check out this article about a 17-year-old in Georgia being put in jail for receiving consensual oral sex from a 15-year-old. We've gone absolutely crazy in this country over sex and drinking and it's getting way tiresome. Sex is not a crime, drinking is not a crime, hot beauty-pageant winners kissing definitely is not a crime, let's all take a deep breath and remember that 95% of us get laid before marriage in this country. We should all report to prison or just admit that our sexual hypocrisy is out of control.

Labels: MADD, miss teen usa, miss usa, prohibition