Do you think alcohol should be sold on good friday?

TeddyTedson

Dumb question I know because I presume most people do, but I just want to see the figures on here for the sake of an argument. So if you could just vote on the poll that would be great, thanks.

Buceph

Age 30-40 No

Pro-tip: You need to make a poll before we can vote on it.

sock puppet

I don't think I can decide until I see at least 6 more threads on the subject.

Mint Sauce

Let me check my opinon in all the other threads on this subject first.

But tell me OP, what do you think?

Dodd

Age 40-50 Yes

No.


I think we should be given free beer.:)

But yes it should be sold if I cant have it free.

orourkeda

sock puppet wrote: »

I don't think I can decide until I see at least 6 more threads on the subject.

we've already about 6297

EverEvolving

Age 30-40 Yes

sock puppet wrote: »

I don't think I can decide until I see at least 6 more threads on the subject.

At least 6 more are needed, we really need more variety on these points...

"Why are we being dictated to by a religion no-one believes in anymore?"

"Can't we as a nation not spend one day not falling around the streets?"

Blah blah blah

Naikon

No, because silly religious rules should be enforced upon every citizen of the state:rolleyes:

galwayrush

Some of those age groups in the poll, absolutely not...:pac::pac:

TeddyTedson

Age 30-40 Yes

Buceph wrote: »

Pro-tip: You need to make a poll before we can vote on it.

Takes a while buddy:)

irish-stew wrote: »

Let me check my opinon in all the other threads on this subject first.

But tell me OP, what do you think?

I do yea, but at the same time like the way things are now with lots of people having house parties. Otherwise it would just be another night out. Same old long weekend stuff.
I'm interested to see how many people say no though.

Mint Sauce

EverEvolving wrote: »

At least 6 more are needed, we really need more variety on these points...

Argument:

"Why are we being dictated to by a religion no-one believes in anymore?"

Without the church there would be nothing for us the argue/complain about.

"Can't we as a nation not spend one day not falling around the streets?"

Seems not.

Blah blah blah

Exactly.

KeithM89_old

Age 18-23 No

Where's the under 18 option teddy??:rolleyes:

BraziliaNZ

Age 40-50 No

I've no gargle now and I'm dying with a hangover, a few cold beers would sort that out. Just open the f**king bars grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

TeddyTedson

Age 30-40 Yes

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I've no gargle now and I'm dying with a hangover, a few cold beers would sort that out. Just open the f**king bars grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

But you voted No...

TeddyTedson

Age 30-40 Yes

KeithM89 wrote: »

Where's the under 18 option teddy??:rolleyes:

They're all in fields drinking anyway right now

BraziliaNZ

Age 40-50 No

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But you voted No...

Did I? I meant to vote in favour of keeping bars open! Brain not functioning.

Mint Sauce

Where the 'Atari Jaguar' option?

Irishpimpdude

Age 24-30 Yes

Anyone who voted no, shouldn't you be in church???? We should have the right to choose for ourselfs whether we want to drink or not on good friday, im dying for a drink now and dont give 2 $hits about religion, i should be allowed fluking have one :mad:

EverEvolving

Age 30-40 Yes

I'm drinking right now.

And loving it :cool:

TeddyTedson

Age 30-40 Yes

EverEvolving wrote: »

I'm drinking right now.

And loving it :cool:

I'm about to start, good times - Cans are in the freezer and waiting :):)

Buceph

Age 30-40 No

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Anyone who voted no, shouldn't you be in church???? We should have the right to choose for ourselfs whether we want to drink or not on good friday, im dying for a drink now and dont give 2 $hits about religion, i should be allowed fluking have one :mad:

I didn't vote no for religious reasons. I voted no to annoy all the people who couldn't think far enough ahead to buy booze for one of the two days we don't have the pubs open. (The other day being one no-one should have to work unless it's vital to the running of the state.)

Think of it as a test to see how good a drinker you are. Proves the mettle of the hardcare.

BraziliaNZ

Age 40-50 No

Buceph wrote: »

I didn't vote no for religious reasons. I voted no to annoy all the people who couldn't think far enough ahead to buy booze for one of the two days we don't have the pubs open. (The other day being one no-one should have to work unless it's vital to the running of the state.)

Why shouldn't anyone have to work? Most of us aren't Christians these days, the new god is consumerism ffs!!!

Buceph

Age 30-40 No

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Why shouldn't anyone have to work? Most of us aren't Christians these days, the new god is consumerism ffs!!!

I'm not Christian, but I still enjoy Christmas. I think it's nice to have one day a year officially recognised as a time for family. And if I had to work I wouldn't get to play with my toys.

Dartz

No.

Because if you're too stupid not to bother stocking up on Holy Thursday I've no sympathy for you.

BraziliaNZ

Age 40-50 No

Dartz wrote: »

No.

Because if you're too stupid not to bother stocking up on Holy Thursday I've no sympathy for you.

"Holy Thursday", is this the 1950s?
Anyway I did stock up, 2 bottles of wine and 4 cans of beer, but ended up drinking all of it last night, alone, which is why I'm dying today. What a sad existance I have!

Pace2008

Age 24-30 Yes

Dartz wrote: »

No.

Because if you're too stupid not to bother stocking up on Holy Thursday I've no sympathy for you.

Good reasoning there - the ban's justified because you can buy drink on Thursday.

murpho999

Age 50+ No

There is something wrong with this poll. I voted 'yes-40-50' but my vote is showing up as no, and I haven't even had a drink yet.


As for the poll question: It's ridiculous that pubs are closed by legislation because of religion. Only christian country I know that does so as far as I know.

We mock countries like Saudia Arabia for harsh forms of Islam etc yet we allow religion to dominate society here.

The sooner the law is scrapped and this state which is supposed to be a Republic starts to become secular the better!

entropi

Age 40-50 Yes

A large proportion of the country are either not religious, or not catholic...so why should they have to fall under the rule of a church they dont believe in/stopped believing in? It's an archaic law, should be abolished and never spoken of again.

(In before the "oh someone has no drink brigade") <<< I'm not drinking today anyway, not gonna bother me one way or another.

landsleaving

Age 30-40 Yes

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Anyone who voted no, shouldn't you be in church???? We should have the right to choose for ourselfs whether we want to drink or not on good friday, im dying for a drink now and dont give 2 $hits about religion, i should be allowed fluking have one :mad:

Should have bought some yesterday. Or if you're that desperate, go to tesco and buy some vanilla extract.

landsleaving

Age 30-40 Yes

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm about to start, good times - Cans are in the freezer and waiting :):)

I put a bottle of beer in the freezer and left it overnight by accident and it sort of... burst. Good times.

im invisible

Age 30-40 No

i like your thinking OP, i voted that anyone over 30 shouldnt be able to buy drink, but if you're between 18 - 30 you can

Dudess

Age 40-50 No

D'oh! Voted no, meant yes. If peeps wanna abstain, go for it, but the option to purchase it should be there IMO. I do find the panic-buying the day before funny, but at the same time, it IS a Friday so while I may chuckle, I can see a rationale to it. It's a day when many people who don't work weekends normally enjoy a few drinks to mark the end of the week anyway and having Saturday off.
If it was good Wednesday, then panic-buying the day before would be a lot funnier.

landsleaving

Age 30-40 Yes

I don't believe a religious rule should be imposed by law, but I do think a day off for bar staff, off licence workers, etc. is no bad thing. They work long hours and late nights, and bank holidays are usually more busy for them when everyone else is off. So for non-religious reasons, I think a day of no booze is ok, if you really want a few, stock up.

The main problem for me is that if I wanted to go out, it being Friday and all, there's no real alternative to pubs in Ireland, we lack any kind of decent late-night alternative place like cafes and such to go. That's really a year-round problem though.

So, um... Atari Jaguar?

123balltv

Age 30-40 No

even if the law was to be changed I dont care
since the recession I only go to pubs/clubs for special occasions mostly
drink at home like most Irish nowadays pubs are closing down like theres no tomorrow

murpho999

Age 50+ No

123balltv wrote: »

even if the law was to be changed I dont care
since the recession I only go to pubs/clubs for special occasions mostly
drink at home like most Irish nowadays pubs are closing down like theres no tomorrow

Yes but it's not just pubs, you can't go down to off-licence to day to buy yourself a drink to have at home!

Just a ridiculous law that is a bit embarrassing.

I wonder how many confused English hen & stag parties there are in Temple Bar tonight!

mstan

Age 24-30 No

Dudess wrote: »

It's a day when many people who don't work weekends normally enjoy a few drinks to mark the end of the week anyway and having Saturday off.

Oh FFS. Most of the country was off work today. Their week ended yesterday, hence there was no problem with them enjoying "a few drinks to mark the end of the week" as pubs were open yesterday until midnight. Ok there was still people who had to work today, but these are in jobs which would ususally involve working on Saturday anyways.

Mickeroo

Age 30-40 Yes

Meh, should be a day or two every week when pubs and shops for that matter are shut.

Donny5

Dartz wrote: »

No.

Because if you're too stupid not to bother stocking up on Holy Thursday I've no sympathy for you.

Well, on principle, I don't like any laws unnecessarily regulating people's actions, but from a practical viewpoint, it's not always possible to stock up. I've beer and spirits in the house, but I was planning on cooking up some cajun chicken, and the recipe needs cayenne pepper and white wine, neither of which I have. Naturally, I stopped by Tesco on the way home, and lo and behold, the off license is partitioned off.

I don't want to get locked; I just want to cook up some chicken and I can't. Why? To satisfy some old traditions of a religion I don't follow? I don't think any Christians I know would deny me a meal. The fact I'm eating chicken on a Friday at all is a more egregious biblical sin and none of them have a problem with that. It's silly.

The other thing about the You should have stocked up in advance argument is that it's most effective as an argument against the ban, since anyone with an interest in drinking on the day in spite of the religious decree otherwise can simply consume alcohol purchased beforehand. If the ban doesn't curb drinking on the day, why enforce it?

Pace2008

Age 24-30 Yes

mstan wrote: »

Oh FFS. Most of the country was off work today. Their week ended yesterday, hence there was no problem with them enjoying "a few drinks to mark the end of the week" as pubs were open yesterday until midnight. Ok there was still people who had to work today, but these are in jobs which would ususally involve working on Saturday anyways.

A huge number of people working for large multinational companies do not get Good Friday off. This was the case for me in my last job, and I've never worked a Saturday in my life.

Dudess

Age 40-50 No

mstan wrote: »

Oh FFS.

What's "FFS" about it?

Most of the country was off work today. Their week ended yesterday, hence there was no problem with them enjoying "a few drinks to mark the end of the week" as pubs were open yesterday until midnight. Ok there was still people who had to work today, but these are in jobs which would ususally involve working on Saturday anyways.

I and many others had a Monday-Friday week this week like any other week. I wasn't under the impression at all that most of the country was off today...

Joey the lips

Age 40-50 No

I could not care if anyone else chooses to drink however i wont be. Maybe its tradition maybe its religion or maybe its just the chance to say i managed to go one day without where i would normally.

Anyway...If your getting drunk and reading this...Enjoy.

gurramok

Age 40-50 Yes

At the heart of the debate is do we have the freedom to choose what we want without religious interference on Good Friday? The answer as we know is a big No. Anti-democratic comes to mind, the Taliban will be proud of this freedom curbing law.

wow sierra

Age 50+ Yes

This was introduced because of religion nearly a century ago but the reason it hasn't been abolished is all about the Bar Workers and vintners. The Church has no power in the country any more.

The result of this poll is fairly one sided but there are a lot of people out there who agree with the pubs being closed. There was a discussion on the radio last year about it and there were a lot of people who wanted the law to stay as it is. I was shocked.

In fairness there are cinemas open and lots of concerts on and people can stock up and have house parties. I'm really enjoying watching Christy Moore on TG4 instead of being in the pub. Still its a stupid law and it needs to be changed.

Yahew

Age 40-50 Yes

gurramok wrote: »

At the heart of the debate is do we have the freedom to choose what we want without religious interference on Good Friday? The answer as we know is a big No. Anti-democratic comes to mind, the Taliban will be proud of this freedom curbing law.

Nonsense. It was agreed by a representative vote in a democracy. The taleban are oppose to democracy. If you dont like it petition to change the law, as the guy above me says, it is now pushed by the vitners. It like saying that Sunday's day of rest is enforced by religion laws - it was, but we kept it up for many workers.

This one annoys the atheists so they get mad, but we continue to have religious inspired laws in secular culture without this nonsense about the theocracy.