discodown Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Given the plans to increase the age at which you can legally buy alcohol - its going to 21 in Scotland - is it maybe time to just bite the bullet and ban the stuff? Lets look at the facts. A government study says its more dangerous than Ketamine, amphetamine, tobacco, cannabis, Ecstasy, solvents and a few other illegal drugs http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5230006.stm. Its addictive, destructive, ruins lives, its easy to get, cheap, widespread, socially acceptable, it means city centres are a no go at night, it makes people aggressive, promiscuous, violent, uninhibited, it causes brain damage, kids are more likely to use it and are being hospitalised and in short passive drinking is a nightmare for all of us. Police time and hospital time on a weekend night is consumed with trying to control the people on this most dangerous of drugs and all we ever hear are bad stories about it. So lets ban it. The way forward is to cut this cancer out of our society. We will all benefit. be aware that I have an ulterior motive for this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabby Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 What's the ulterior motive- on the wagon for a bit, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPhil Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 It's not alcohol (or the availability of) that's the problem - it's the people who abuse it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plekhanov Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 What's the ulterior motive- on the wagon for a bit, eh? I reckon he's just inherited a Fedora & Trilby company and wants to kick start the bootlegging industry to drum up a bit of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Let's just ban alcohol for the Anti-Smoking Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 it would be a fine idea... ... if not for the evidence of what happened in the USA under prohibition, with smuggling and protection rackets etc, etc, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 What's the ulterior motive- on the wagon for a bit, eh?Not at all. Lets see the thread develop and we'll see what happens. I'm not at all sure what direction the thread will take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 it would be a fine idea... ... if not for the evidence of what happened in the USA under prohibition, with smuggling and protection rackets etc, etc, etc... Yep, George Dubya has a lot to answer for, PT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 we ought to ban the weak minded who can't handle it,iv'e been a drinker for over 40 years,no one has ever seen me drunk,when i think i have had enough i go home,the morons who get smashed on a regular basis ought to be the ones that get targeted, if found guilty of being drunk,then ban them from drinking for 12 months,with regular blood check ups to back it up,they will learn sense and still be able to go out with their mates,and see just how stupid they act when drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 No. It isn't time to ban alcohol. To do so would unleash a huge wave of criminality and lead to utter chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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