> > > Most people in the UK go to the pub and if the weather is nice will > > stand or sit outside with a pint.... > > So I take it they're inside for the other 363 days of the year? > > ;) > > Our central city has a total liquor ban in public places, > implemented as a local bylaw. I've never needed to pay any > attention to it so I don't even know whether it only applies > at certain times. > > The liquor ban itself doesn't bother me as it doesn't affect > me. But I do share Bob's views about the binge-drinking > culture being a bigger problem than just public drunkenness, > and being a cultural issue it's something that legislation is > unlikely to solve.
The binge-drinking problem could be solved once and for all by cutting off the supply of binge at source, and giving the binge farmers another cash crop to grow, such as heroin. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
