Post by Dave on Feb 21, 2011 19:27:36 GMT
The news today has been full of how the alcohol abuse in this country is tackled. And I for one do feel something needs to be done about it. Most people drink sensibly and they should be allowed to carry on enjoying having a drink whenever they want one as they are not a part of the real problem.
I don’t agree with the idea the price of alcohol should be made very high, that only punishes all the decent hard working people who drink in moderation. As we know its in supermarkets that very cheap alcohol can be purchased and I believe these days that people drink cheap alcohol at home before hitting the town on their nights out.
We all know how alcohol can turn a mildly mannered person into a very dangerous drunk and for me that’s the very worst side of people drinking and the most dangerous. I’m sure we have all been in situations where we have been in some danger, due to someone else getting drunk.
Personally I have never seen any point in ever getting drunk, I know I would be sick, have that room going around and around when I tired to lay down and would have a hangover from hell the next morning. It’s the reason you will hardly ever see me drinking alcohol. Just a personal choice and I have no problem at all with anyone who does enjoy drinking, each to their own I say.
When ever it comes to the government wanting to take any action to control anything, we hear the words BIG BROTHER ringing loudly in our ears. I’m against any government trying to control its people and making choices for them. But is there a case where excessive use of alcohol is concerned?
As someone who smokes (always away from anyone who would not want me smoking near them) I do feel smokers in this country have ended up being treated like lepers. But those who have shouted the loudest how much danger they were in being near a smoker, are in my view in far more danger being in a pub or out on say Torquay harbour side late on a Saturday night.
So while one part of me thinks the government should not be trying too control what people drink, another part of me says If I’m such a danger that needs controlling, then so are drunk people.
On the J Vine show today (not him as he is on his holidays) a drinks licence was being discussed. The idea is that anyone old enough to buy alcohol would need to have a licence. I do find the law strange here in the UK as you have to be 18 years old to buy alcohol, but the legal age to drink alcohol is just six years old.
When you bought alcohol with your licence, it would be swiped through a card reader to record what you had bought, including such information as the brand names. Get into trouble as result of drinking and just like you would with a car driving licence you could face a fine and points on your licence.
Repeat offenders or very serous offenders would lose their licence and therefore their right to buy alcohol in any outlet that sells it. I really do think such an idea is BIG BROTHER to the extreme and anyway I could never see it ever working.
Most of our young people who are under age to buy alcohol seem to get all they want, in most cases I expect it is bought for them by an adult and that might even be their own parents. If someone had their drinks licence taken away from them, they would just find someone else to buy the drink for them using their licence.
I know some will say the answer to the problem lies in good education about all the dangers associated with drinking to much alcohol. But does that work? Is there any evidence that using education about the dangers of anything you might care to mention really works?
I think the over abusive use of alcohol is a problem, I’m not sure how you can solve it, but is it a case that to do nothing is only going too see the problem get so much worse? Or should we just let them all drink themselves to an early grave as long as there is no risk of us getting harmed in anyway?
I don’t agree with the idea the price of alcohol should be made very high, that only punishes all the decent hard working people who drink in moderation. As we know its in supermarkets that very cheap alcohol can be purchased and I believe these days that people drink cheap alcohol at home before hitting the town on their nights out.
We all know how alcohol can turn a mildly mannered person into a very dangerous drunk and for me that’s the very worst side of people drinking and the most dangerous. I’m sure we have all been in situations where we have been in some danger, due to someone else getting drunk.
Personally I have never seen any point in ever getting drunk, I know I would be sick, have that room going around and around when I tired to lay down and would have a hangover from hell the next morning. It’s the reason you will hardly ever see me drinking alcohol. Just a personal choice and I have no problem at all with anyone who does enjoy drinking, each to their own I say.
When ever it comes to the government wanting to take any action to control anything, we hear the words BIG BROTHER ringing loudly in our ears. I’m against any government trying to control its people and making choices for them. But is there a case where excessive use of alcohol is concerned?
As someone who smokes (always away from anyone who would not want me smoking near them) I do feel smokers in this country have ended up being treated like lepers. But those who have shouted the loudest how much danger they were in being near a smoker, are in my view in far more danger being in a pub or out on say Torquay harbour side late on a Saturday night.
So while one part of me thinks the government should not be trying too control what people drink, another part of me says If I’m such a danger that needs controlling, then so are drunk people.
On the J Vine show today (not him as he is on his holidays) a drinks licence was being discussed. The idea is that anyone old enough to buy alcohol would need to have a licence. I do find the law strange here in the UK as you have to be 18 years old to buy alcohol, but the legal age to drink alcohol is just six years old.
When you bought alcohol with your licence, it would be swiped through a card reader to record what you had bought, including such information as the brand names. Get into trouble as result of drinking and just like you would with a car driving licence you could face a fine and points on your licence.
Repeat offenders or very serous offenders would lose their licence and therefore their right to buy alcohol in any outlet that sells it. I really do think such an idea is BIG BROTHER to the extreme and anyway I could never see it ever working.
Most of our young people who are under age to buy alcohol seem to get all they want, in most cases I expect it is bought for them by an adult and that might even be their own parents. If someone had their drinks licence taken away from them, they would just find someone else to buy the drink for them using their licence.
I know some will say the answer to the problem lies in good education about all the dangers associated with drinking to much alcohol. But does that work? Is there any evidence that using education about the dangers of anything you might care to mention really works?
I think the over abusive use of alcohol is a problem, I’m not sure how you can solve it, but is it a case that to do nothing is only going too see the problem get so much worse? Or should we just let them all drink themselves to an early grave as long as there is no risk of us getting harmed in anyway?
I hardly bother going out these days. pubs are doomed.
, I know a few families who are getting very large amounts in benefits, so I can't agree with you on this one. 