alcopop tax (does anyone remember it ?) clearly didn't work.
whoever came up with idea of this tax should apologies to the public and remove it.
oh, hang on... media is raving about alcohol-fuelled violence.
i guess more taxes coming our way.
Close the pubs at midnight.
A bloke leaving a pub at mid night is a different person than the person leaving a pub at 3am.
Always keep in mind that being a young bloke is a very dangerous occupation.
Worrier - "we farrked the planet" - maybe that is part of the problem. But I mean the fact that 10 year olds are taught at school that the planet is going down the gurlger. The intent is good, but we are teaching kids from a young age that the planet is fkd
No wonder youth suicide is high and they write themselves off on grog all the time.
Only 20yrs ago when I was at skool it was about 20% of 16- 17 y/o kids who went to a party EVERY weekend and drank. Maybe another 20% got pissed monthly.
I'd be interested to see what it is now, maybe 50% plus for weekly? I see 14 y/o's carrying grog to parties. That is insane.
Baby Boomers - Gen X - GenY - GenBrainDamage.
Solves the problem of what we will call them.
The drinking issue will always be with us so long as we are happy for it to continue the way it has, and make no mistake, this drinking culture is a learned one, mostly from parents.
i'm pretty sure kids aren't skulling pints because of global warming.
I've been king hit a couple of times for sure but I've had less fights out & about than what I ever had at school being bullyed . You as an individual will never change a society all you can do is prepare yourself for it . So learn to defend yourself. My kids don't get bullyed at school twins teach karate & have been black belts for two years younger boys are at purple belt . With there mothers in insistence I might add & we hope that as neither of us drink that they will be responsible drinking when & if they do but its the Agro drunks they have to watch out for& they should be prepared
the drinking culture in australia is pretty messed up. so are the many lives influenced by it, and the stuff that goes with it all.
somethings gotta change.
We watched the episode on 4 Corners about what happens when it comes to drinking alcohol and violence.
It was aweful seeing the results of violence, the young fellow who was so fit and full of life, now with multiple disabilities and dependent upon his family. The perpetrator should be made to pay financially and with their time. Sending them to gaol is not punishment in itself. The perpetrator goes to gaol for a couple of years and then is out, to spend the rest of his life as he sees fit. This is not fair. The victim has lifelong consequences of this stupid act of violence. So its only fair for the perpetrator to have lifelong consequences too.
Clearly alcohol in itself is not the problem. Its how people consume the alcohol and their behaviour after consuming it. Alcohol is used as an excuse to king hit someone and then stomp on their head. Its not an excuse and there is no excuse. Make people responsible for their action besides sending them to gaol for a few months or years.
