BF2S Forums 24 hour drinking laws in the UK - good or bad?

whats your problem man it goes allright in the rest of the world so why not in the UK

No problem for us, for example here in Germany, but possibly a problem for the uks......   ;-b
Oh they can drink............................................
No no, i think it is no problem, it is absolutely normal in other countries.

I think that it may create problems at first, because people will abuse their new right, YES! patrons will get pissed in every sense of the word. maybe after a couple of months it will move towards what seems like before the new law. It will stabilize, with new rules new problems arise, like geting to work later, people will lose their jobs, i think that for some people it is hard to keep control of themselfs, other have what seems as a natural abillity to hold their liquor. In general life will just carry on, as a thorn or as a petal the new rule is here to stay and everyone will have to adapt.

Last edited by jag1973 (2005-11-24 12:36:45)

There are a couple of ways to look at this. The UK currently stands at the very top in Europe for drink related illnesses, of that, cirrhosis of the liver being the main theme. Approximately 6,500 people in the UK die each year through drink. Drink related crime is at an all time high, be it, anti-social, sexual assult or assault, it's all on the 'up'.
However, this is now, just before the new licensing laws. After 'now' comes the real test, having said that, there are very few pubs/bars/clubs that have actually applied for the new licence. Most of the new licenses have gone to supermarkets and local shops. Where I live, there are no pubs/clubs applying because they can't find the staff to fill the positions... who wants to work all night in a pub for £5.50 an hour.

I'm not in favour of 24 hour drinking, which doesn't mean I'm against it. I believe in a free society where people can drink when they want to and enjoy themselves at any hour of the day or night, but our past record is against us. We don't have the 'cafe' style streets of the continent, we have piles of vomit, streams of piss, broken glass, bodies strewn here and there... acts of extreme violence, rape and other sexual assaults. So if you do want a drink at 3am, go for it, enjoy it, have a blast, but remember you have a responsibility, not just to yourself, but to others.

Think also, how long did it take until you were sober enough to drive to work the next day.... would it be the same if you did go for a drink at 3am ?

I'm all for fun, fun is great, but the reality is very different.

Edit: This being very much on topic. George Best : The former Northern Ireland star had a liver transplant after his own failed following years of alcohol abuse.
He's now in intensive care on life support, unlikely to last the day after multple internal bleeds, organ failure and multiple organ infection. People like George Best die every day under these conditions through years of alcohol abuse. Sobering thought isn't it.

Last edit: George Best died today 12:55pm London time. Another statistic to a drink related death.

Last edited by thinner44 (2005-11-25 10:06:54)

AnarkyXtra wrote:

Horseman 77 wrote:

that way you dont have to see sharkey mcshark Anrakyxtr etc when they come out of bowling allys

Shoulda known you'd add something like that on the end. Thankfully, you and I will never actually meet. Except hopefully on the electronic battlefield, where a cursory glance through your stats reveals that I don't think I've anything to worry about.

hey I looked at your stats*. Wow you click your left mouse button really good !

* No I didn't I could care less, But you do Realize your just clicking a mouse button Right?

Horseman 77 wrote:

hey I looked at your stats*. Wow you click your left mouse button really good !
* No I didn't I could care less, But you do Realize your just clicking a mouse button Right?

Am I? Am I really? Oh jesus I wondered what this thing on my desk was! Thanks for clearing that up.

If someone dies from a liver disease due to alcohol abuse they have only themselves to blame. George Best, whatever he was, made his own choices. No one forced him to drink, no one forced him to abuse the drug. Anyone that gets so hammered they're late for work the next day has no one else to blame. If people want to abuse a drug, let them. It's not my body, I don't care what they do with theirs. It's only when someone else gets hurt should the government take action; if a man beats another man to within an inch of his life because he's drunk, let him waste away the rest of his life in a jail cell. If he kills the man, fry the fucker. People make their own choices in life, let them face the consequences.

Hakula wrote:

BAD! Who the *BEEEB* whants to work with drunken morons 24/7?
I don't... it's enough to when you watch them 6-8 hours a day.

Where the hell do you work that allows people to come in to work drunk? I'd say it's a problem with your company/country if you have people boozing it up on the clock.

Last edited by FeloniousMonk (2005-11-25 11:51:14)

canberra brought some law in a few yrs ago that after 4 am clubs and bars couldnt sell grog but i think its not in action anymore as the club i do security at sells drinks up till about 9am, i know a few others that do too.

there isnt really a prob with it here