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Should drinking be banned in public places?

ladyruskin

Posted by ladyruskin about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 29 responses

Are the Cheif Constable of Cheshire’s proposals purely reactionary or do you think banning drinking in anywhere not licenced by the local authority is a good idea? he has also suggested raising the drinking age to 21.

Personally I think increasing the drinking age would only lead to more underage drinking by making it more of an allure to those under the age of 21. Take the US for example. Many states have a legal drinking age of 21 and according the the US Surgeon general the US has approximately 11 million underage drinkers (http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/20070306.html)

Educating children at a young age about alcohol and making it less of a mystery would, I think, lead to a reduction in underage drinking. Take France for instance, where drinking alcohol with a meal is an every day occurance for many families. There social drinking is done in moderation and rarely unaccompanied by food.

Changing the laws won’t make much of a difference, changing attitudes will. Discuss.

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29 responses

purpaboo

No. Don’t ban drinking in public places. That’s a shit idea.

They should drop the drinking age to 16, and encourage safe drinking rather than making it illegal.

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

stellapremium

Yes, ban drinking in public places. Also, laughing, jumping and Croc wearing.

FFS.

Posted about 1 year ago by stella

Morals

Double edged sword – on the one hand, raising the drinking age would reduce the number of pikey fucking chav cunts in the pub, which is good, but (on a serious note for a second) raising the drinking age would simply increase the number of underage drinkers hanging around outside off licenses and drinking in the street / park / local crack house / wherever, which isn’t the answer.

I’m assuming these measures are a response to anti-social behaviour. The problem isn’t with people aged 18 – 21 being able to drink, uit’s the whole drinking culture in this country. Let’s go down the pub and race to get as cunted as possible before closing, and all spill out on to the street trying to get taxis and kebabs when we’re all Stella’d up – there won’t be any fights of course!

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

BoutrosBoutrosBoutros

Let’s not ban anything. Let’s just learn how to be sensible and considerate of others, and instil same into our offspring. It’s not so difficult.

My pre-school children may be slightly drunk much of the time but they always offer to buy a round.

Social services reading this, please note, the last bit’s not true.

(They’ve never offered to buy a round.)

Posted about 1 year ago by BoutrosBoutrosBoutros

Carla

ban…..Croc wearing

I genuinely agree with this.

I heard on the radio this morning the idea of upping the legal age for alcohol has been dismissed.

I don’t think alcohol in public places should be banned.

END OF ONIONS.

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla

Carla

Why is my whole post in italics please

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla

Carla

kicks fridaycities

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla

Flashboy

No it shouldn’t. Let’s ban people who always want to ban things instead. Maybe look at the cause of obnoxious and anti-social behaviour rather than having some knee-jerk..’ooh let’s ban stuff ’ reaction.

Posted about 1 year ago by Flashboy

EmmaG

Boutrosx3 – Unfortunately, the majority of the population seemingly can’t “learn how to be sensible and considerate of others, and instil same into our offspring”

Personally I’d have no problem with alcohol being banned in public places, though agree that raising the drinking age wouldn’t do any good.

Posted about 1 year ago by EmmaG

Morals

Looks like BBB didn’t close of their italics properly – does this help?_

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

Morals

Arse, doesn’t look like it!!

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

purpaboo

sorted?

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

Morals

Sorted

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

BoutrosBoutrosBoutros
Oh strewth now everything’s gone bold!

Posted about 1 year ago by BoutrosBoutrosBoutros

purpaboo

oh no it hasn’t…

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

Morals

As an aside, Pantomimes don’t really work in Essex – when people shout “he’s behind you” Essex girls have a habit of bending over…..

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

logomomo

I thought it already was in certain areas. I know in Chester city centre you get arrested if seen drinking on the street and believe that Camden have just brought the same law in.

It seems to me that they can ban it already and they should do so in trouble spots but not across the board. In one stroke it would mean the end of the picnic for us all!

Posted about 1 year ago by logomomo

Morals

Bexleyheath town centre has a designated no alcohol zone where you aren’t allowed to drink in the street. Obviously all the little chavs just go to the park instead…..

Posted about 1 year ago by Morals

ladyruskin

Bolton council banned drinking on the streets about 15 years ago and were the first LA to do so, I think.

In a time before ASBOs, it was mooted as a method of getting drunken homeless people off the streets. It was only applied to the town centre, where there weren’t any school kids hanging around, but we always used to go and drink at the local cricket club anyway so that we weren’t found out by parents…

Posted about 1 year ago by ladyruskin

Carla

Obviously all the little chavs just go to the park instead…..

And you never got drunk in a park as a teenager?

Posted about 1 year ago by Carla