Bob W wrote:
Since list members don't seem mind very much the OT subject of
alcohol, I've got one for you.
A hot local political issue has been new regulations regarding
drinking alcohol in outdoors public places in town (or "densely
populated areas"). It has now been prohibited.
Would be interested in (briefly) what regulations there are in your
countries and communities. Is drinking alcohol outdoors in public
places allowed, or not?
Lasse
It's practically compulsory here.
Just to expand on this, and to take it a bit more seriously, I'm not aware
of any restrictions on drinking outdoors in public places in the UK.
Specifically banned in many places in the northeast of England due to
high levels of drink-fuelled crime, especially under-age drinking. The
ban and associated regulations give the Police specific powers to deal
with the problem on the spot. Usually, but not solely, confined to
central-city areas.
There is perceived to be a problem of 'binge drinking' in some inner cities,
and politicians and scandal rags come up with various illiberal schemes to
try and stop it. These schemes do not address the real causes of binge
drinking, whatever they are - I don't claim to know.
Right now, if people drinking in public cause a disturbance there are
already plenty of adequate laws the police can use to arrest them.
So any new legislation to ban drinking in public must have some sort of
social engineering or moral agenda, rather than being an attempt to cure
either the causes or the effects of public drunkenness.
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