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entwisi · 13-04-2006, 19:18

Margaret,
I don't feel its fair to assign all the above to relaxed drinking hours. Firstly it has shown already that A&E are less busy now than before due to less fights at closing time. Young people (I guess by this you mean teenagers) aren't affected by licensing hours as they buy it illegally in the first place.

yes there are alcoholics, there always has been and always will. In fact in middle ages people drank beer because it was safer than drinking water. They were probably all alchies but didn't have a name for it. It is clear that people with a drink problem will get/drink it irrespective of 'licensing hours'.

all these groups are minorities, we live in an age of empowerment. the rest of us are happy to kick up a fuss when things aren't what WE want yet we want to blame someone else when something doesn't go to plan.

Ian

13-04-2006, 19:18	#2
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: I'll drink to that. Margaret, I don't feel its fair to assign all the above to relaxed drinking hours. Firstly it has shown already that A&E are less busy now than before due to less fights at closing time. Young people (I guess by this you mean teenagers) aren't affected by licensing hours as they buy it illegally in the first place. yes there are alcoholics, there always has been and always will. In fact in middle ages people drank beer because it was safer than drinking water. They were probably all alchies but didn't have a name for it. It is clear that people with a drink problem will get/drink it irrespective of 'licensing hours'. all these groups are minorities, we live in an age of empowerment. the rest of us are happy to kick up a fuss when things aren't what WE want yet we want to blame someone else when something doesn't go to plan. Ian __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?