Drinking and Licensing

A 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.

To all Changeling types

Dark Ages: Fae is out this week!

Gamers far and wide! Hear ye! Hear ye!

Some of you know Eddy Webb (eddyfate) and a few of you have even playtested two of his games with me (Carjackers and Midway City).
Now, the ballots for the Origins Awards are out and Cartoon Action Hour is in the Best RPG category. Eddy is the co-designer on this and would obviously love to have a little award on his mantlepiece.

So, if you can spare a minute, help out a fellow gamer and Cammie and vote here.

[Star Trek] AARAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!

The Enterprise writers really need to have their crack pipes taken away...

I didn't mind the plot holes, the never evolving characters, the blatant disregard for continuity, the same sort of stories as always but this ending to the rather dramatic last few episodes is just sooo wrong...