Wouldn't society be a healthier and safer place?
Don't get me wrong, I love to have a beer or two but when you see the trouble in most towns on a weekend night, doesn't it make you wonder?
2006-07-07 02:22:29 · 21 answers · asked by Les-Paul 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
They'd only find something else to distract them from life...
"Here, Sid...get this Sherbet Dib-Dab down you...eighteen more of these and we'll be off our t*ts!...anyone got any Curly-Wurlies?"
2006-07-07 02:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Firematt26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's the justification I love to have a beer or two. Children see you loving to have a beer or two, or that feeling good comes from a can. Teenagers want to be adult so they copy what adults do but cant handle it. If people teach children that feeling good comes from a can when things get bad in life they will turn to a can and you will have fights and not just on weekends. the majority of all violent crime happens with Americas most deadly DRUG alcohol. Other drugs are just a drop in the bucket compared to booze.
Here is the solution. Legalize all drugs and tax them. take the money spent and put it into education. Teach children that feeling good does not come from a can. There are no quick ways to feel good feeling good comes from helping others, creating art, or throwing a football.This will take care of most of the problem. Take the crime and the charm of being bad away and most kids wont do it.
2006-07-07 02:44:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Booze has been banned in the past but, as you can tell, it never went away.
Again, looking to the past we can see that the problems of "binge-drinking" are far from new, even in the 13th century London was known for "the immoderate drinking of the foolish". In the 1740's/50's there were around 17,000 "gin-houses" in London.
In 1751 Henry Fielding wrote, "A new kind of drunkenness, unknown to our ancestors, is lately sprung up amongst us, and which if not put a stop to, will infallibly destroy a great part of the inferior people."
The Gin Act of 1736 attempted to outlaw the sale of gin, but was circumvented by selling the spirit in the guise of medicine.
Do a search for Hogarth's painting "Gin Lane"
In short, banning booze probably wouldn't help but habits will probably change again as habits have a habit of doing.
2006-07-14 00:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by Steve H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trouble is, something else would take it's place - what has every single culture / civillisation / tribe throughout the world got in common? They've all got their own religion and their own way of getting ripped to the ****! It's human nature.
It's not the booze responsable for the trouble in the streets, it's the ill-educated, idiotic, pathetic drop outs who believe it's 'fun' to have a fight to impress their bird. Cure the ignorance - solve the problem.
2006-07-07 02:48:11 · answer #4 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was tried already. Didn't work. No, it would not be healthier or safer. There are health benefits to consuming beer and red wine. Proper education would make it a safer place.
2006-07-07 02:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't legislate against people being stupid - which is where the trouble starts, not with the booze.
If it wasn't booze, it would be something else.
The US tried to ban it, and all that happened was that a lot of criminals got very rich.
2006-07-07 02:41:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'd do a lot more of other drugs. For instance, Iran has banned alcohol (being an islamic country) and appears to have an extraordinarily large population of heroin addicts.
Also we'd probably see the drug dealers expanding from the supply of crack/heroin/etc into alcohol a well.
2006-07-07 02:52:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Society would collapse without alcohol! There would be rioting in the streets for sure! So therefore it wouldn't be safer!
2006-07-07 02:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Folded Paper Figures 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thay tried baning booze in the usa 1920s thay had to give up in the end and lifted the ban
2006-07-07 02:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If booze was banned, there'd be no drunk drivers or any other kind of trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of lives would be saved, and people would live longer because their wouldn't be much (If any) alcohol in their bodys!
2006-07-07 02:28:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just not gonna happen so there is no point even thinking about it. The government wouldn't be able to afford it, where would they be able to recover that much revenue?
Lol @ Firematt, PMSL
2006-07-14 00:03:20 · answer #11 · answered by stumpymosha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋