"Cheap alcohol is killing us as never before."
Home Secretary Alan Johnson told BBC radio Tuesday that he had not ruled out minimum pricing, but he did not want to penalize "responsible drinkers on low incomes."
Home Secretary Alan Johnson told BBC radio Tuesday that he had not ruled out minimum pricing, but he did not want to penalize "responsible drinkers on low incomes."
Instead, he would outlaw some of the country's more excessive promotions — including games in which customers are encouraged to drink against a time limit, free drink deals for groups such as women or people under 25, half-price deals based on sports games, and prize giveaways for downing a set amount of booze in a 24-hour period.
So from what I understand Britain is upset with the amount of binge drinking going down on their soil. Fair, but don't you think there is a better solution than encouraging bums to scavenge for coins so they can feed their addiction to O.E. and MadDog 20/20 along with eliminating the fun for any normal person trying to enjoy a few beers. I mean let's be serious here, taking what I am interpreting as "Beat the Clock: British Edition" away from the people? The government is pretty much asking for a revolting outrage by implementing this policy. I don't know about you but if President Huddleston suddenly banned Beat the Clock on UNH campus, I can guarantee there would be flaming bags of shit flying around like confetti on new years. Clearly by eliminating these "games" Britain is asking to open a brand new can of spaghettios. Bottom line is, keep the drinkers happy or you're going to be fishtailing in your own shit. Cheers!
So from what I understand Britain is upset with the amount of binge drinking going down on their soil. Fair, but don't you think there is a better solution than encouraging bums to scavenge for coins so they can feed their addiction to O.E. and MadDog 20/20 along with eliminating the fun for any normal person trying to enjoy a few beers. I mean let's be serious here, taking what I am interpreting as "Beat the Clock: British Edition" away from the people? The government is pretty much asking for a revolting outrage by implementing this policy. I don't know about you but if President Huddleston suddenly banned Beat the Clock on UNH campus, I can guarantee there would be flaming bags of shit flying around like confetti on new years. Clearly by eliminating these "games" Britain is asking to open a brand new can of spaghettios. Bottom line is, keep the drinkers happy or you're going to be fishtailing in your own shit. Cheers!
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