Do you think Alchohol Advertisements should be allowed?

CorkMan · 18-10-2010 07:52AM #1

I think they should be banned. Smoke ads were banned in the 80's and I think this should follow suit.

There are problems in this country with drink driving, domestic violence caused by alcohol intoxication. There are alcoholics spending the night at home trying to stay off the drink and they get an ad showing the drink top to bottom in slow motion and some fancy music and scenes. That would drive them back to it, defeating the purpose of staying in.

I think it is a disgrace TBH, that is my opinion.

senordingdong · 18-10-2010 07:58AM

If some idiot wants to get drunk and beat his wife, or go for a spin, then there is something wrong with him.

Not with the alcohol he drank, and especially not with the advertising that 'prompted' him to buy it.

People in this country need to grow up and take responsibilty for their actions and stop searchign for scapegoats.

Kiera · 18-10-2010 08:01AM

I'd like to see more info on them, like what to mix them with. I only found out about "super splits" a few weeks ago.

R0ot · 18-10-2010 08:12AM

Alcohol adverts are the best on tv if you take them away I'd probably stop watching tv altogether.

Osgoodisgood · 18-10-2010 08:12AM

Maybe we should ban alcohol from our TVs entirely?

Of course Coronation St will have to close the Rovers, Father Ted re-runs are in for some savage editing and pretty much every sporting event in the world will be looking for a new sponsor.

CorkMan · 18-10-2010 08:15AM

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

Maybe we should ban alcohol from our TVs entirely?

Of course Coronation St will have to close the Rovers, Father Ted re-runs are in for some savage editing and pretty much every sporting event in the world will be looking for a new sponsor.

Well there is plenty of smoking in Father Ted. It's just the way the ads' glorify it. That is obvious.

As for the "idiot" who beats his wife, he is an idiot with drink in him.

FreudianSlippers · 18-10-2010 08:27AM

CorkMan wrote: »

I think they should be banned. Smoke ads were banned in the 80's and I think this should follow suit.

There are problems in this country with drink driving, domestic violence caused by alcohol intoxication. There are alcoholics spending the night at home trying to stay off the drink and they get an ad showing the drink top to bottom in slow motion and some fancy music and scenes. That would drive them back to it, defeating the purpose of staying in.

I think it is a disgrace TBH, that is my opinion.

OH yeah, because that'll help the recession. :rolleyes:

PanchoVilla · 18-10-2010 08:28AM

Alcohol ads should definitely be banned. Drink has crippled this country and it's about time we tackle the issue. Many people are more concerned with going out on the weekend and getting pissed than they are about the state the country's in. Binge drinking and the violence and deaths/murders associated with it is an embarrassment. Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better off under Sharia law.

galwayrush · 18-10-2010 08:32AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Alcohol ads should definitely be banned. Drink has crippled this country and it's about time we tackle the issue. Many people are more concerned with going out on the weekend and getting pissed than they are about the state the country's in. Binge drinking and the violence and deaths/murders associated with it is an embarrassment. Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better off under Sharia law.

Some people have a problem with drink, the majority do not, as for Sharia Law--- you got to be joking.:rolleyes:

PanchoVilla · 18-10-2010 08:32AM

OisinT wrote: »

OH yeah, because that'll help the recession. :rolleyes:

What, you mean people actually keeping their money instead of spending it all on drink? Or better yet, spending their money on something that benefits someone other than the multi-billion dollar drinks industry? I'm sure Diageo isn't feeling the squeeze that everyone else is, or will be come Dec 7th.

PanchoVilla · 18-10-2010 08:35AM

galwayrush wrote: »

Some people have a problem with drink, the majority do not, as for Sharia Law--- you got to be joking.:rolleyes:

Lots of people have a problem with drink. Irish society is based around pub culture. That's a huge problem and if you can't see that you must be blind.

galwayrush · 18-10-2010 08:38AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Lots of people have a problem with drink. Irish society is based around pub culture. That's a huge problem and if you can't see that you must be blind.

I'm not blind, somepeople have a serious problem with it, most can drink responsibly and enjoy it, that's what i see.

FreudianSlippers · 18-10-2010 08:39AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What, you mean people actually keeping their money instead of spending it all on drink? Or better yet, spending their money on something that benefits someone other than the multi-billion dollar drinks industry? I'm sure Diageo isn't feeling the squeeze that everyone else is, or will be come Dec 7th.

Oh, wow... you really don't understand the basics of economics and job creation so I'm not even going to bother.

PanchoVilla · 18-10-2010 08:58AM

OisinT wrote: »

Oh, wow... you really don't understand the basics of economics and job creation so I'm not even going to bother.

Nice cop out. Saving money or paying off debt > spending your paycheck down the pub. How's that for economics?

PanchoVilla · 18-10-2010 09:02AM

galwayrush wrote: »

I'm not blind, somepeople have a serious problem with it, most can drink responsibly and enjoy it, that's what i see.

A right, because when I walk around the city center on the weekend I see loads of responsible drinkers not puking their guts up and not getting into fights. I see loads of responsible drinkers not being rushed to A&E because of alcohol poisoning and not wrapping their cars around trees. Wait, we're still talking about Ireland right?

senordingdong · 18-10-2010 09:03AM

CorkMan wrote: »

As for the "idiot" who beats his wife, he is an idiot with drink in him.

He's an idiot regardless.
Even more so if he using alcohol as an excuse for his actions.

Osgoodisgood · 18-10-2010 09:03AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Nice cop out. Saving money or paying off debt > spending your paycheck down the pub. How's that for economics?

Hopeless. Have another go

DOC09UNAM · 18-10-2010 09:08AM

I think you should be banned from making threads.

That's all I think should be banned.

up for anything · 18-10-2010 09:26AM

In a tit-for-tat fashion they should be banned, unless they bring back Marlboro Man. Yorkie Man was no substitute for him.

A chocolate eating gimp versus I'm a guy who likes to work on my car. I like to take it apart, and I like to put it back together again.

No contest!

veXual · 18-10-2010 09:28AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What, you mean people actually keeping their money instead of spending it all on drink? Or better yet, spending their money on something that benefits someone other than the multi-billion dollar drinks industry? I'm sure Diageo isn't feeling the squeeze that everyone else is, or will be come Dec 7th.

You do realize the amount of tax revenue alcohol generates in this country? Plus people can spend their money on what they see fit...

Come Dec 7th I can guarantee the government won't increase the tax on a pint because at the moment it's pretty much one of the few products consumers are spending their money on.

NothingMan · 18-10-2010 09:34AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Nice cop out. Saving money or paying off debt > spending your paycheck down the pub. How's that for economics?

*Family fortunes buzzer EH UH!!!* Terrible economics. I don't know much but I know people not spending there money on goods and services will just put more people out of work, generating less tax, more spending on social welfare and drive us deeper into the sh1t.

Ledger · 18-10-2010 09:36AM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

What, you mean people actually keeping their money instead of spending it all on drink? Or better yet, spending their money on something that benefits someone other than the multi-billion dollar drinks industry? I'm sure Diageo isn't feeling the squeeze that everyone else is, or will be come Dec 7th.

what about the hundreds of thousands of jobs in the drinks industry?
I would be one of them.

There's alreadt been a shedload of job losses in the industry, your saying we need more?

When someone talks about the reccesion in this industry it's not the like of the big boys they're talking about like Diageo/C&C/Beamish and Crawford/Molson Coors/Coca-Cola/Gleeson Group the list goes on.

It is the small family run pub or the independant wholesaler who are struggling as it is and have had to cut hours or let off staff.

This all contributes to the Irish Economy, and whether you like it or not, alcohol is a big part of Government Revenue.

comeraghs · 18-10-2010 09:41AM

Why don´t we ban ads for cars because some people drive them dangerously and kill themselves or others?

Why don´t we ban ads for chocolate because some people eat too much of it and become unhealthy?

Why don´t we ban education because some people learn to talk ****e!

chin_grin · 18-10-2010 09:42AM

Do you know what I find hilarious? Those bus stop ads with the "careful now" attitude to drink (the one giving details of the units) and showing the lovely, succulent, bubbling pint.

They could've just put up a cartoon image of one and made the same point.

I'm on to you both sides of the same coin advertising!

senordingdong · 18-10-2010 09:47AM

chin_grin wrote: »

Do you know what I find hilarious? Those bus stop ads with the "careful now" attitude to drink (the one giving details of the units) and showing the lovely, succulent, bubbling pint. They could've just put up an image of one and made the same point.

I'm on to you both sides of the same coin advertising!

*Enjoy AH responsibly.

up for anything · 18-10-2010 09:58AM

NothingMan wrote: »

*Family fortunes buzzer EH UH!!!* Terrible economics. I don't know much but I know people not spending there money on goods and services will just put more people out of work, generating less tax, more spending on social welfare and drive us deeper into the sh1t.

But what about the people who spend their social welfare on goods and services?

ItsAWindUp · 18-10-2010 09:58AM

comeraghs wrote: »

Why don´t we ban ads for cars because some people drive them dangerously and kill themselves or others?

Why don´t we ban ads for chocolate because some people eat too much of it and become unhealthy?

Why don´t we ban education because some people learn to talk ****e!

Or just ban roads altogether!

FruitLover · 18-10-2010 10:00AM

CorkMan wrote: »

Smoke ads were banned in the 80's

And it paid off - the Ireland of the 21st century has no cigarette addicts!

Oh, wait....

eye-rollz.

NothingMan · 18-10-2010 10:03AM

up for anything wrote: »

But what about the people who spend their social welfare on goods and services?

Still better than them saving it and not spending it, at least it's getting pumped back into the economy.

Ash.J.Williams · 18-10-2010 10:04AM

veXual wrote: »

You do realize the amount of tax revenue alcohol generates in this country? Plus people can spend their money on what they see fit...

Come Dec 7th I can guarantee the government won't increase the tax on a pint because at the moment it's pretty much one of the few products consumers are spending their money on.

Is that a good thing?

Sykk · 18-10-2010 10:06AM

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