Here in Brisbane it's totally banned in some designated areas, such as our South Bank, which is advertised as a family-friendly location. No distinction is made between responsible people drinking the odd glass of something, and the yahoos who seem not to know either when to stop or how to behave. There are also comprehensive bans on alcohol in some Aboriginal areas: one unfortunate was fined a considerable sum of money, and, because she is a politician, received significant adverse publicity because there was a bottle of wine on the plane on which she arrived in one such area - not even open, mind you! My opinion is that offensive behaviour, whether caused by drunkenness or not, is already adequately covered by our legal framework, and that it is wowserish overkill to impose these sorts of regulations (which are often made by local councils and other 'authorities', rather than properly constituted parliaments) on the law-abiding and well-behaved majority.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Lasse Karlsson Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 8:05 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Very OT: Regulations for drinking alcohol Hi all, Since list members don't seem mind very much the OT subject of alcohol, I've got one for you. A hot local political issue has been new regulations regarding drinking alcohol in outdoors public places in town (or "densely populated areas"). It has now been prohibited. Would be interested in (briefly) what regulations there are in your countries and communities. Is drinking alcohol outdoors in public places allowed, or not? Lasse -- 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.
