So Here I Am…
Thanks to Tiff and Steph for replying to my last post, I hope others will soon do the same. (You and I know who you are!).
It came to my attention again today that the 24 hour drinking laws in the UK are due to come into effect on November 24th (somebody’s birthday!). I find this quite an interesting subject, as drinking at all hours is somewhat of a hobby of mine. Everyone is up in arms over whether allowing pubs to open and serve alcohol 24 hours a day is a good idea or not, and I can see both points of view. The one argument is that it will encourage people to get bamboozled around the clock and cause more misery and violence on the streets of Britain. This could well happen, but surely things are pretty bad as it is? And nothing seems to be making any difference?
I’m actually for 24 hour drinking laws, not only because it means I can drink whenever I want to, but because I think over time it may actually make this country a nicer place to socialise in during the evenings. Maybe with less pressure to get as many drinks in as possible before 11:30pm the next generation of drinkers will chill out and not ‘binge drink’. I know I certainly prefer having the option of not going out until 9 or 10pm, having a leisurely drink until 1, 2 or even 3 am.
Sure to start with there may be an increase in trouble, after all the majority of people in this country are dickheads. Or at least a large proportion anyway. But how else are we going to get away from this so called ‘binge drinking’ which appears to stem from war time laws introduced to stop the soldiers getting too drunk to fight the next day!
I think over time, and we’re maybe talking 5-10 years attitudes towards drinking will change, people will relax a bit more, take their time and hopefully Britain will become more like Europe in this way. Not that I have a vast experience of drinking on the continent, but from what experience I do have, people seem a lot more laid back and relaxed when it comes to evening beverages.
Of course, my attitude to all this may well change if during the ‘buffer’ period between now and the time when people chill out I get beaten up by someone who has been drinking for 18 hours solid, but hopefully that’s not going to happen *touches wood*.
Anyway, enough informed debate for one night.
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you’ll just have to stay sober so you’re bright as a button if someone tries to beat you up ;)