ah, another fun government drive

[waider]

Well, they're already pledging to ban cigarettes in pubs next year, now they want to stop drinking, too: by cutting back on the adverts.

I think it's missing the point, somewhat. People go to the pub to socialise, and there's not a lot to do in a pub while you're socialising aside from drinking. So even if it's not advertised any more, people will still be drinking. And people who binge-drink will still binge-drink. What they really need to do is kill off our pub culture, yay!

Silly people. The Irish drinking habit is the only thing that's stopped us from taking over the world.

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One of the things which stunned me when I started working in England was how much people drank. And I'd move there from Ireland. Scary. Then I moved to Hong Kong, and whoo boy. (If anyone wants to donate a liver, please feel free.)

Anyway, the real problem with drinkers causing trouble is not to do with drink. It's to do with being an arsehole when you're drunk. Many people can go out, have a few pints, get a bit silly and have a good time.

There are those who go out, have a few pints, get in a fight or drive home drunk or just spoil everyone else's night out. That's where the law should be focused.

Don't shut the pubs. Don't get moralistic about it. Just realize that the problem is a few arseholes and make it a crime to be an asshole. Causing Trouble After A Few Pints should be rewarded by being barred from every pub in the country.

Or maybe cattleprods. "Are you looking at me pint?" "ZOT!" "OW!"

dave (yer cousin)

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I like the cattle prod idea. Very much. ZOT! ZOT! ZOT!

Having worked briefly in the UK, I'd agree. Pub lunch, drunk in the office from 2pm on Friday, that sort of thing. We don't even get close to that here in the Auld Sod.