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We really need some sort of "lecherous" smilie.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/hl_nm/binge_drinkers_dc

Girls overtake boys as binge drinkers: study

Thu Jun 1, 1:21 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Teenage girls in the UK have overtaken boys as binge drinkers for the first time and are now second only behind Irish girls in Europe, according to a report on Thursday.

The Institute of Alcohol Studies said 29 percent of teenage girls were binge drinkers in 2003 compared with 26 percent of boys. In 1999 the figure was 27 percent and 33 percent respectively.

It said over a quarter of all 15- and 16-year-olds in Britain had been on drink binges three or more times in the last month.

Little 15-year-old chav shits don't count as human, so therefore those figures are bunk.

yeah fucking chavs, and emos, and hip hops. if the whole culture was all indie we would be a utopia

This really isn't a case where much of a fuss should be made. Since the UK classifies "binging" as drinking 8 units (for men, 6 for women) or over within a 24 hour time limit.

Hardly a great feat. In fact it is surprisingly easy to binge. And since the threshold for girls is lower it is hardly surprising they "binge" more.

Little 15-year-old chav shits don't count as human, so therefore those figures are bunk.

yeah fucking chavs, and emos, and hip hops. if the whole culture was all indie we would be a utopia

Why let facts get in the way of class hatred though?

In alcohol was banned...

In alcohol was banned...

Huh?

Why let facts get in the way of class hatred though?

Why let facts get in the way of any of our beliefs? :)

Huh?

If alcohol were banned completely, you wouldn't get children going out and getting drunk.

Why let facts get in the way of any of our beliefs? :)

Touché

If alcohol were banned completely, you wouldn't get children going out and getting drunk.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hehehehehehe. :D

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that banning a substance prevented folks from abusing it. Worked soooo great during Prohibition in the US, right? :p

In alcohol was banned...

Hasnt that already been tried before? Like wasnt it prohibited or something? I wonder how that turned out.

Just like cocaine being banned completely has stopped the amount of addicts... Doesn't work that simply... would be nice if it did though.

If alcohol were banned completely, you wouldn't get children going out and getting drunk.

Well done. You figured out that drinking alcohol gets people drunk, therefore if there was no alcohol nobody would get drunk.

We didn't quite get it right there I admit. In fact when Izzy and Moe (famous prohibition agents) went to New Orleans to see how fast it would take them to get a drink, it took only 35 seconds, because when asking the taxi driver about speak easies, he offered them a bottle of whiskey.

But anyway, if the ban was managed with more efficiency, the majority of alcohol usage could be wiped out.

But anyway, if the ban was managed with more efficiency, the majority of alcohol usage could be wiped out.

Doubtful. Alcohol is very easy to make.

We didn't quite get it right there I admit. In fact when Izzy and Moe (famous prohibition agents) went to New Orleans to see how fast it would take them to get a drink, it took only 35 seconds, because when asking the taxi driver about speak easies, he offered them a bottle of whiskey.

But anyway, if the ban was managed with more efficiency, the majority of alcohol usage could be wiped out.

Why dont you try it with drugs first, then if you manage to wipe that out, you can have a go at alcohol.

We've done it with drugs, the majority of people do not use controlled substances.

We've done it with drugs, the majority of people do not use controlled substances.

At huge cost to the taxpayer and society

pfff that might be true in america but in australia its as easy as breathing to get drugs expecially if you live in the country

At huge cost to the taxpayer and society

What's the cost to society? As for the cost to the tax payer it has saved many lives and souls.

What's the cost to society? As for the cost to the tax payer it has saved many lives and souls.

Wait, what? How is my soul affected if I do drugs?

edit: its also cost a lot of lives.

What's the cost to society? As for the cost to the tax payer it has saved many lives and souls.

Interesting. I wasn't aware that the government was supposed to be saving souls.

What's the cost to society?

Maybe the huge amount of non-violent people being locked up due to punitive laws has escaped you notice. At any rate, it hasn't escaped the notice of the overwhelmed prison system

We didn't quite get it right there I admit. In fact when Izzy and Moe (famous prohibition agents) went to New Orleans to see how fast it would take them to get a drink, it took only 35 seconds, because when asking the taxi driver about speak easies, he offered them a bottle of whiskey.

But anyway, if the ban was managed with more efficiency, the majority of alcohol usage could be wiped out.
Death penalty+drunkenstumbling=extreamly low amounts of drinkers. Just saying...

Maybe the huge amount of non-violent people being locked up due to punitive laws has escaped you notice. At any rate, it hasn't escaped the notice of the overwhelmed prison system

Easy; expand the prison service.

Easy; expand the prison service.

It isn't as simple as saying "Abracadabra, more prisons" *poof*

Expanding the prison system is very hard. Especially in the UK, which this thread was originally about

In the UK, it's even easier; scrap the NHS and *poof* you have a free £72,000,000,000.

In the UK, it's even easier; scrap the NHS and *poof* you have a free £72,000,000,000.
And lots of dead people.

No, just safer people who will access to better private health care.

And lots of dead people.

Well that just means more room to build prisons, no? ;)

In the UK, it's even easier; scrap the NHS and *poof* you have a free £72,000,000,000.

Maybe in Bizzaro-UK, but not in the real one.

It is somewhat of a truism that the NHS is "the closest thing th eUK has to a national religion."

It is policially impossible.

People would soon get use to better health care and a better standard of living away from alcohol related diseases.

People would soon get use to better health care and a better standard of living away from alcohol related diseases.

So you havent seen that survey recently which shows that on average britons are more healthy than americans?

Source: ?

And the obesity crisis effects statistics and I'm just as cross about that.

Well that just means more room to build prisons, no? ;)
It's genius! If everybody's dead, then no-one can drink and we'll all go to heaven!

It's genius! If everybody's dead, then no-one can drink and we'll all go to heaven!

Shh. Don't let the government hear of your brilliant plan. :cool:

It's genius! If everybody's dead, then no-one can drink and we'll all go to heaven!

But in heaven there is no beer :(

People would soon get use to better health care and a better standard of living away from alcohol related diseases.

Your social engineering sucks dude.

But in heaven there is no beer :(
That's because beer is teh Ebul Satan.

It would work in practice.

Source: ?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12595624/

To cite one example.

It would work in practice.

Any proof of that?

Source: ?

And the obesity crisis effects statistics and I'm just as cross about that.

crap, I cant find it. Anyone got a link to the study that shows canadians are more healthy than americans? It was on NS a few days ago.

edit: http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=861775e5-9657-40de-9eaa-023fe853b880&k=59558

I know its not about Britian, but it shows socialised healthcare doesnt suck as you seem to think it does. I'll still try and find the british one.

Any proof it wouldn't work?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12595624/

To cite one example.

It all comes down to obesity and nutritional intake, rather than quality of health care which is a real shame.

It all comes down to obesity and nutritional intake, rather than quality of health care which is a real shame.

In case you havent noticed, Britian's got quite a nice obesity epidemic brewing now.

It would work in practice.

I don't think so. You just don't get it. People want to drink alcohol, we like its effect. Alcohol prohibition was tried in the USA & it failed spectacularly. Drugs like heroin, speed, ecstasy, cocaine & marijuana are all currently illegal here in Australia, as in the USA, but they're all also easily obtainable. The government has banned them, but it hasn't stopped people from wanting to use them, and where there is a demand, there will always be a supply. You can't just legislate something like that out of existance.

Any proof it wouldn't work?

So you don't then.

Good, good.

yeah fucking chavs, and emos, and hip hops. if the whole culture was all indie we would be a utopia


Heh Shit man, can you not remember when you where young?

No, just safer people who will access to better private health care.


heheh wot planet are you actualy one then?

Mars?

Anyway as many people have said alcohol isn't gonna go away. Its been around for centuries and can't be gotten rid of overnight. And people like alcohol. Think of the uproar it would cause if it was banned.

Alcohol's problem is that the only people in a position to prevent it from being abused are the people making a profit from it.

Nationalise the drinks industry and you've got the best of both worlds!

Alcohol's problem is that the only people in a position to prevent it from being abused are the people making a profit from it.

Nationalise the drinks industry and you've got the best of both worlds!

Mmmm victory gin for all:p

It's interesting how many people around here's gut reaction to any & all percieved problems, is to criminalise the product/behaviour/idea.

So you don't then.

Good, good.

You don't either.

Good, good.

You don't either.

Good, good.


Say..... your not just copying each other now are ya??

Good, good.

I'd take care these"girls" are also very violent and mostly mingers(technical term for extreme unnatractiveness)

You don't either.

But I do.

One only has to look at recent political history in the UK to realise that such an idea is unworkable.

It would work in practice.

No it wouldn't: it would end in bloody revolution. The people of the British Isles have been merrily brewing and drinking alcohol for over four thousand years. Any politician attempting to introduce prohibition would be laughed from the house.*


* which coincidentally itself contains 8 bars (none of which are required to conform to standard licensing hours or regulation).