Drinking and Licensing
7 Jun 2004 12:36 pmA political post, whoa.
Last night I caught parts of the Panorama program about the drinking problems in inner cities with some very disturbing but realistic footage of drunken muppets.
The consensus seemed to be that extending the license will lead to even more drinking and the current situation will turn into a real nightmare.
I don't think so. Currently, everybody tries to get as much drinking in as possible before closing time. If that time is longer/later, it might not be that bad.
However, nobody on the program (at least not while I watched) saw the real problem that needs to be tackled: the people getting drunk.
The average pub in Germany closes at midnight, in cities even at 2 and later on weekends. Some big cities are even open 24 hours. Is there a major problem? No.
Of course, people drink but the whole "drinking until you fall over/don't know what you're doing" attitude seems to be a very British thing.
Just another typical example of trying to screw around with the symptons as apposed to looking at the causes.
I'll never understand this country.
Last night I caught parts of the Panorama program about the drinking problems in inner cities with some very disturbing but realistic footage of drunken muppets.
The consensus seemed to be that extending the license will lead to even more drinking and the current situation will turn into a real nightmare.
I don't think so. Currently, everybody tries to get as much drinking in as possible before closing time. If that time is longer/later, it might not be that bad.
However, nobody on the program (at least not while I watched) saw the real problem that needs to be tackled: the people getting drunk.
The average pub in Germany closes at midnight, in cities even at 2 and later on weekends. Some big cities are even open 24 hours. Is there a major problem? No.
Of course, people drink but the whole "drinking until you fall over/don't know what you're doing" attitude seems to be a very British thing.
Just another typical example of trying to screw around with the symptons as apposed to looking at the causes.
I'll never understand this country.