On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:49:26 +0100, Colin Wilson
wrote:
>> Surely it's not the drinking of alcohol that does any harm, but the
>> drunken behaviour that can sometimes follow. My idea therefore would
>> be to arrest people who are drunk & disorderly, whilst leaving alone
>> those people who are having a drink without causing anytrouble.
>You're right about the drunken behaviour afterwards, but they have to
>achieve that state to begin with.
Unless the policeman has a working crystal ball, he has no way of
knowing what the outcome will be.
> Many of the people involved are
>under-age, but nothing is done to restrict their intake other than
>film them.
Under-age to do *what*? Perhaps you are under the misapprehension
that it is against the law for a person under 18 to consume alcohol?
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Cynic
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