Never ones to fail to put out a fire with paraffin - or at least make the attempt - and against a rising backcloth of alcohol related deaths, our beloved government extended licensing hours on the dubious premise that the average binge drinkers would suddenly adjust their habits and would change over to continental-style drinking.
Just how many times can you make decisions which fly in the face of sanity?
Drinking related violence is way up and the big picture? - Well, alcohol related deaths have doubled since 1991 the bulk of these being people who are now dying in early middle age.
I am no teetotaller but remember again those early Methodist-Socialists, my own grandfather included, and wonder how they would view all this.
Link: http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/alcohol.html
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