Prohibition. How would that work in Ireland?

blackcard · 16-11-2017 8:47pm #1

No alcohol, at least legally. How could you go to a wedding, a funeral a wedding? Celebrate a victory? Ireland would go into meltdown. No pub at the weekend. We would have to talk to each other whilst sober. We would be physically healthier. Less missed days at work. Bootlegging would thrive. Would you survive?

Donald Trump · 16-11-2017 8:48pm

blackcard wrote: »

No alcohol, at least legally. How could you go to a wedding, a funeral a wedding? Celebrate a victory? Ireland would go into meltdown. No pub at the weekend. We would have to talk to each other whilst sober. We would be physically healthier. Less missed days at work. Bootlegging would thrive. Would you survive?

How would it work?

You answered your own question.

It wouldn't

Ipso · 16-11-2017 8:49pm

It would be like Good Friday for the whole year, without the sh1t mass.

Odhinn · 16-11-2017 8:49pm

blackcard wrote: »

No alcohol, at least legally. How could you go to a wedding, a funeral a wedding? Celebrate a victory? Ireland would go into meltdown. No pub at the weekend. We would have to talk to each other whilst sober. We would be physically healthier. Less missed days at work. Bootlegging would thrive. Would you survive?

Crime would thrive with illicit boozing.

pablo128 · 16-11-2017 8:49pm

Sure Newry is just up the road.

wakka12 · 16-11-2017 8:49pm

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

Jim Bob Scratcher · 16-11-2017 8:49pm

Go home Leo!

tomwaterford · 16-11-2017 8:50pm

Works well for cocaine and weed anyways...going by snapchats I seen from a wedding the weekend

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-11-2017 8:51pm

Organised crime would soar.

Everyone and their mother would become bootleggers.

Mutant z · 16-11-2017 8:52pm

It will never work simple as.

Ipso · 16-11-2017 8:53pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

I think some of them use mental gymnastics to get around it, usually they are in positions of power.

Tazio · 16-11-2017 8:54pm

I'd convert my petrol car to run on ethanol... just for the low tax of course :pac: 55 litres for you baby; 55ml for me....

blackcard · 16-11-2017 8:54pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

I got the Saudi version of poitin (Siddiki- little friend) Nearly killed me.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-11-2017 8:58pm

It would make the Easter Rising look like the teddy bears picnic if the tried to ban it

Ohmeha · 16-11-2017 8:59pm

Fine Gael will award the control & distribution license for booze to Kinahan cartel like they do for drugs

Yakult · 16-11-2017 8:59pm

Look at the prohibition of the less popular drug, cannabis. Prohibition just causes more problems than it solves. Pretty ineffective over-all.

For Forks Sake · 16-11-2017 9:04pm

Tazio wrote: »

I'd convert my petrol car to run on ethanol... just for the low tax of course :pac: 55 litres for you baby; 55ml for me....

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Del2005 · 16-11-2017 9:07pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

When in non Islamic countries thousands is spent on postage when staying in hotels, but no one ever posts anything.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 16-11-2017 9:19pm

Vintners Ass might actually come in handy...

Capt'n Midnight · 16-11-2017 10:49pm

Fireworks are prohibited in this country. You need a license.

Remember how quiet it was during Halloween ?

That's how it would work.

whisky_galore · 17-11-2017 9:52am

wakka12 wrote: »

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

It doesn't even work there, they all have illegal firewater.

valoren · 17-11-2017 11:16am

The only 'prohibition' that would be practical would be to make consuming alcohol prohibitively expensive in line with other psychoactive drugs.

1 euro per gram of alcohol. So a standard drink would be 14 grams so a pint would cost €14.
Physical tolerance would decrease in line with a sharp decrease in consumption.
I remember being merry and euphoric after having a pint for the first time.
When I've been off it for a good while, a pint or glass of wine is all that is needed personally.

So going to a wedding, pub or whatever it is, then a pint or two would get you merry/euphoric/chatty etc whereas normally it would take double that to have the same effect. The price paid would essentially remain the same and it would be perfectly legal to have it once you're over 18. Alcohol is addictive and those who become addicted to it will do whatever they can to have it, there's nothing that can be done about that. You can't legislate for anyone's propensity or predilection for getting hooked on something. You can't be responsible for someone who will destroy themselves, ruin their family to feed their addiction etc. I think alcohol should be seen as something used to socialise. Based on the price you could take it or leave it. You're choice. Our cultural acceptance to get smashed and off your tits is nothing but addictive, destructive behavior but it's not only accepted it is seen as normal. Clearly getting to the point of puking, fighting etc is not normal. If booze was expensive then the negative factors from over consumption would be lessened I'm sure. It would become very expensive, very quickly to reach the point of puking and fighting etc.

But alcohol isn't deemed a 'drug drug' though is it, it's a drink. You don't inject, snort or pop it so it's has none of the negative connotations of the other drugs. You drink it, to refresh yourself. Ethanol, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Never going to happen though. We are a nation of boozers and it's too entrenched now to change cultural habits.

PeterParker957 · 17-11-2017 11:19am

wakka12 wrote: »

Doesn't work anywhere. The only place it works is in islamic countries because they all agree with the quran and that its a sin to drink it

And the religious police who enforce it.

Nearest we get is our Parish Priest who asked people not to drink before midnight mass.

Yeah good luck with that!

RobbingBandit · 17-11-2017 11:22am

Beer Baron at your service. I'd run the best damn pet shop in the whole country.

baylah17 · 17-11-2017 11:33am

blackcard wrote: »

No alcohol, at least legally. How could you go to a wedding, a funeral a wedding? Celebrate a victory? Ireland would go into meltdown. No pub at the weekend. We would have to talk to each other whilst sober. We would be physically healthier. Less missed days at work. Bootlegging would thrive. Would you survive?

It would work as well as our prohibition on cannabis , lol.

Sephiroth_dude · 17-11-2017 6:53pm

We'd have too resort too this.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoBbNyIqrg4

Capt'n Midnight · 17-11-2017 10:23pm

valoren wrote: »

The only 'prohibition' that would be practical would be to make consuming alcohol prohibitively expensive in line with other psychoactive drugs.
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Never going to happen though. We are a nation of boozers and it's too entrenched now to change cultural habits.

Once upon a time that actually happened here.

People took to imbibing ether instead.

Trick one was to burp ASAP. You see ether boils at a very low temperature and the pressure builds up something fierce.

Trick two was not to burp facing an open flame.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-compass-pleasure/201106/the-irish-ether-drinking-craze-0

Cheap, quick, and no hangover afterwards? No wonder ether was so popular. However, before you head out the door to score some, it's worth mentioning a few of the downsides. These include a truly awful smell and taste, coupled with a strong burning sensation while the foul stuff is going down. Plus, it makes you drool like a Saint Bernard dog on a hot summer day, not to mention stimulating truly monumental burps and farts. These aren't normal emissions-they are laden with highly flammable ether vapors. You can imagine what happened when an ether drinker would light up a pipe and belch or sit down by an open fire and break wind. Severe burns at either end of the alimentary canal were a common hazard.

https://www.herald.ie/entertainment/drink-the-rise-and-fall-of-ether-27890549.html

However, when the committee made its report at the end of April 1891, it stated that naphtha -- which has an offensive smell and taste -- was already being added to the ether. Irish consumers got around this by mixing it with tea and sugar.