I thought people wanted to stop random alcohol fuelled violence. But you're encouraging people to start fights at the pub? ;-)
My money's on Mr Fabulous. If that's not a rockin' wrestling' stage name I don't know what is.
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I thought people wanted to stop random alcohol fuelled violence. But you're encouraging people to start fights at the pub? ;-)
I grew up in this environment,and got the "cuts" more than once and the beach bat in primary school,it does teach you respect.
We have turned soft to any form of punishment because of all the do gooders.
I find it strange how we have lots of restrictions on where we can buy alcohol, and it's very expensive, yet we still have these problems.
In Brazil alcohol is very cheap (even by local standards - 750ml of 40% sugar cane spirit for $3 anyone?), can be bought very easily at petrol stations for example at all kinds of hours and they don't seem to have the same issues (although they have many other).
What is it in our culture? Are we bored/unhappy?
Years ago I used to teach golf at High Schools to Year 9 and 10 kids.Finally - after being punched, spat and told to f*** off by a student refusing to work in class,
I find it strange how we have lots of restrictions on where we can buy alcohol, and it's very expensive, yet we still have these problems.
In Brazil alcohol is very cheap (even by local standards - 750ml of 40% sugar cane spirit for $3 anyone?), can be bought very easily at petrol stations for example at all kinds of hours and they don't seem to have the same issues (although they have many other).
What is it in our culture? Are we bored/unhappy?
Interesting thing is when the price of cigarettes when up thought the roof
Sales figures stayed the same but sales figures for bread and milk went down
Go Figure
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it's outlawed.
I remember Economics 101. There was a thing called price elasticity of demand- which measures how people respond to changing prices. Alcohol, cigarettes and petrol were comparatively inelastic- which meant that people tended not to change their consumption much with a change in price. This was a reason why those products tended to be targeted by governments for taxes.Interesting thing is when the price of cigarettes when up thought the roof
Sales figures stayed the same but sales figures for bread and milk went down
Go Figure
That's because people are addicted to cigarettes. These figures might be the case in the short term but in the long term it would swing the other way. Smoking rates are steadily decreasing and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it's outlawed.
There is far too much money for the government to lose if they outlawed smoking.
Simple economics.
Not in my lifetime, buddy!
Signed,
An unrepentant smoker
Then why are they trying and succeeding to decrease smoking rates?
They collect money in the short term but have to pay out for health care in the long term. I don't know which is the higher.
And yet I saw an article several weeks ago claiming that smoking wasn't bad for health at all. My uncle, who died from smoking related emphysema, would have been interested to know that.
Because you can treat smokers how you want in terms of increasing tax revenue from them and they will come back for more.
A few tweeks around the edges and people will think you are a champion of public health. It's an easy political victory.
FWIW I'm an ex-very light smoker, who is in favour of the banning of smoking indoors in public areas. But geeze, the moral highground brigade are pretty tedious. Live and let live. Smelling smoke is not going to kill you.
If the government was serious about stopping people smoking they would make it illegal - just as they did with synthetic drugs.
If the government was serious about stopping people smoking they would make it illegal - just as they did with synthetic drugs.
But, it is too profitable and tobacco companies are too powerful, so it won't happen.