Aneirin
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I think the thinking of the do gooders in British society is wrong, the alcohol problem is a symptom not the cause, why people do what they do, and go and get drunk, there has to be a reason for it, but all authorities want to do, is limit and ban, perhaps making more money in the process. What happens to the excessive quaffers in the meantime, they don't really care, as the ivory tower principle comes into play. But Britain has always been a beer drinking country, and we drink it in quantities, we always have, but in past times policing was different, as was a persons values, something has happened to our society to make it what it is, the problems via alcohol, there is a reason for it.
I believe in the past beer drinking was encouraged, as it was an outlet for angry people, people who could have organised and attacked the status quo. Pissed, well, they grumble and go to sleep, but are in work next day for the pittance of pay, because they have to be to survive. Beer consumption was the controlling factor, and a lower societal outlet.
But one observation recently, whilst being stuck in a town at pub and club kicking out time, all those happy and drunk people milling around outside in the cold and wet, just wanting to go home, there is no transport, the buses quit hours ago, and taxis are few and mercenary. What was a content and pissed person, is now a cold, wet and anxious person, they just want to home, but can't, because there is no transport. We have created a culture of town clubs and pubs that open late, but what everyone forgot, was how do they get home after. One wonders if the violence and vandalism that happens in towns, is just a reaction by unhappy people, alcohol being that kind of catalyst that shifts mood in a bipolar way, happy, to seriously pissed off, not being able to get home can cause that, as can irritation by police and others similarly pissed off.
If the police really want to tackle the town drunkenness and vilolence, they would do well to put on transport to get these people safely home, and by that, quite possibly build up a level of comfort between the public and the police, the realisation that drunk people are not necessarily the scum of society and the police are not the agressors they come across as.
< Message edited by Aneirin -- 11/27/2009 7:09:30 AM >
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