Comments on: Pick on someone your own size http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/pick-on-someone-your-own-size/ The best pubs in Southport and district plus news and views from beer land Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Big injustice « The Southport Drinker http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/pick-on-someone-your-own-size/#comment-1084 Big injustice « The Southport Drinker Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:56:57 +0000 http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-1084 [...] Remember the Spirit Dwarf of Australia, the little guy spreading delight by pouring free shots of Jagermeister down grateful Australian [...] [...] Remember the Spirit Dwarf of Australia, the little guy spreading delight by pouring free shots of Jagermeister down grateful Australian [...]

]]> By: southportdrinker http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/pick-on-someone-your-own-size/#comment-1005 southportdrinker Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:20:32 +0000 http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-1005 Good response Sheymouse. I think somewhere along the line the younger generation lost that art of drinking properly. Good response Sheymouse. I think somewhere along the line the younger generation lost that art of drinking properly.

]]> By: SheyMouse http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/pick-on-someone-your-own-size/#comment-1004 SheyMouse Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:12:01 +0000 http://southportbooze.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-1004 What a bunch of idiots! As the landlord said, "It was all a bit of fun." As a resident of the UK, I find it interesting that raising the tax on alcopops by 70% was supposed to stop young girls drinking them. In my opinion (and from what I see out and about in the UK), attempting to tax something with an aim to price people out of buying it just makes people switch to a cheaper product. Tax alcopops, the children will switch to cheap cider. It's a difficult to win situation, but I firmly believe that educating parents and children alike about drinking in moderation will result in less teenage drunkenness. I bet the extra money the government is making from this extra tax isn't going into alcohol education, or rehabilitation, or building more social areas for teenagers to go an meet. What a bunch of idiots! As the landlord said, “It was all a bit of fun.”

As a resident of the UK, I find it interesting that raising the tax on alcopops by 70% was supposed to stop young girls drinking them. In my opinion (and from what I see out and about in the UK), attempting to tax something with an aim to price people out of buying it just makes people switch to a cheaper product. Tax alcopops, the children will switch to cheap cider. It’s a difficult to win situation, but I firmly believe that educating parents and children alike about drinking in moderation will result in less teenage drunkenness.
I bet the extra money the government is making from this extra tax isn’t going into alcohol education, or rehabilitation, or building more social areas for teenagers to go an meet.

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