To alcohol … the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems
Posted on Sunday 9th May 2010
To carry on from the previous post, I’d now like to declare a moratorium on alcohol. And for the same reason.
I’m not going to rant on about the numerous health risks, societal damage and crime resulting from alcohol intake, as I’ve covered those subject before. The downsides are also well documented in the annals of history and reinforced by the news media on a regular basis.
Instead, I’m more angry at governments who tacitly allow it to be a blight on society. It will come as no surprise that this substance also garners them significant revenue in the form of excise duty. Yet, at the same time they bombard us with dire warnings of the negative aspects of alcohol. Mostly this relates to the combination with driving, but not just.
So, rather than paying lip service to impact reduction, again I’d call for tougher action. The alternative should be for them to just leave us alone. Either people should be allowed to exercise free will or not. A feeble half-way house just isn’t cutting it. The weekly reports in the papers about persistent problems despite publicity shows that the current management model is impotent to say the least.
