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We already have laws for drunk and disorderly by dmg (4.00 / 1) #4 Sun May 11, 2008 at 03:53:31 PM EST

The real issue is exactly as Bob Crowe rightly points out, one of enforcement.

The UK political establishment seems for some reason to believe that the main problem with the UK is a lack of sufficient laws to combat undesirable behaviour. What they fail to realise is that the vast majority of the general public hold them in contempt.

More laws are not the answer to any of the UKs problems. A bloody violent revolution of the proletariat on the other hand...
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The mob? by Tonatiuh (2.00 / 0) #5 Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:00:41 PM EST

Yeah, that really sorted Russia, China, Cambodia and some other places of note :-)

Now, where is the law, band or regulation that bans people from drinking in public transport? In trains they even sell you alcoholic drinks, nothing more perverse than that really.

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The implication is by dmg (2.00 / 0) #6 Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:40:49 AM EST

That consuming alcohol = cause of violence.

I'm saying, there are already laws against assault, threatening behavoiur, disorderly conduct etc so there's no need for a law against consuming alcohol on a train.

The bloody revolution seemed to work out well for France.
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Alcohol is a well known cause of violence. by Tonatiuh (2.00 / 0) #8 Mon May 12, 2008 at 08:44:24 PM EST

And for the life of mine, I can't think of any good reason of why it should be socially acceptable to drink alcohol in public transport, so I think we will have to agree to disagree about that one.

The Bloody French Revolution worked? Mmmh... The Terror, Napoleon, Vichy, 1968, racial riots 2 years ago (where has been Egalité all this more than 200 years?)

Lets say it half worked, or as a Chinese diplomat wisely said "it is too early to tell" ....

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: Its all relative. by dmg (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu May 15, 2008 at 06:21:29 PM EST

France is like paradise compared to the UK.
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I was in Asda yesterday by Herring (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:19:47 AM EST

(Waitrose didn't have any pitta bread) and having seen them in their natural habitat, I am not sure I share your faith in the proletariat.

I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. - Bill Bailey
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