[OT] Re: [wellylug] Wellylug BBQ 2004

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:58:24 +1300 (NZDT), Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> Yes, and it was the stupidest law change that out namby-pamby government
> ever did IMHO!
> 

Well, I don't totally disagree with you that some effects of the law
change have been negative, but I do think it unreasonable that the
government could forbid a person from drinking when they are old
enough to live without their parents, get married, have children,
vote, drive a vehicle, view legal but "indecent" publications, own a
credit card or take out a mortgage on their own account, and be
conscripted (it could happen!) or voluntary join the armed forces.

The present problems probably say more about our unusually
unrestrained culture of drinking, and a lack of decent enforcement of
under-age consumption (at whatever age is chosen).

In France, I saw 5 year-olds buying whisky at the dairy for their
parents.  I did not see the kind of public drunkenness you can see any
weekend on Courtenay Place or on the beach at the Mount.

Sorry, waaaay off-topic, but you pushed my buttons on that one.

Cheers
Tony [over 20, and was when the drinking age was lowered]

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Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')