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Good Friday sale of alcohol ban

Dave!

It's coming up to that time again.

Therefore, the annual debate should be had.

What do we think? Surely we can all go a day without alcohol?

No big deal, probably a good thing, right? Bit of a break from the demon drink. Get in touch with your spiritual side.

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darragh16

Off topic...

I think its a disgrace that we can't buy drink on Christmas day every year either!

suicide_circus

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I like the day off, leave it as it is I say

You get the day off work for good friday???!!!?

biko

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Freedom to tell you to fcuk off

People does not have the freedom to tell others to fcuk off on here, just clearing that up

Bruthal

suicide_circus wrote: »

You get the day off work for good friday???!!!?

The thread might be a clue as to who would have that day off.

Daegerty

darragh16 wrote: »

Off topic...

I think its a disgrace that we can't buy drink on Christmas day every year either!

And that you can't buy it after the pubs close.

This is Ireland, alcoholism should be mandatory. Pure alcohol should be available from a national pipeline network to every house.

suicide_circus

Students and civil servants?

Bruthal

Daegerty wrote: »

And that you can't buy it after the pubs close.

This is Ireland, alcoholism should be mandatory. Pure alcohol should be available from a national pipeline network to every house.

Good suggestion there for when we run out of natural gas:)

Daegerty

robbie7730 wrote: »

Good suggestion there for when we run out of natural gas:)

You can run the heating and the car off it as well as drink it. Sounds good to me

mloc

Alcohol should legally be allowed to be sold 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Or not at all.

If we are going on the evidence based health effects route, then not at all. If we are going on the personal freedom route (as I would) I would say always available. Any middle ground is pandering to vested interests or religious nonsense.

pragmatic1

mloc wrote: »

Alcohol should legally be allowed to be sold 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Or not at all.

If we are going on the evidence based health effects route, then not at all. If we are going on the personal freedom route (as I would) I would say always available. Any middle ground is pandering to vested interests or religious nonsense.

Closing time makes me sad.

Daegerty

I think if there were a few days a year alcohol was not allowed to be sold for reasons unrelated to religion it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal as it is made out to be on boards.ie

Doesn't seem like a bad idea at all to have a few days like this in the year as well as a few days where every shop is closed even if it is just to put a damper on the increasingly fast pace of life.

df1985

OP clearly started this to wind all the drinkers up, and early too!

If i was a pioneer itd be the one day of the year I get absolutely mangled.

In general though, I used to be in the camp of "sure its only one day, stop moaning" but Im starting to sway to the other side....clearly getting older and looking for a moan!

Spunge

Daegerty wrote: »

I think if there were a few days a year alcohol was not allowed to be sold for reasons unrelated to religion it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal as it is made out to be on boards.ie

Doesn't seem like a bad idea at all to have a few days like this in the year as well as a few days where every shop is closed even if it is just to put a damper on the increasingly fast pace of life.

But how could they even remotely justify banning it for a specific day. If its effects on society are so bad it must be banned on specific days then it sounds like it shouldn't even be legal.

Ghost Buster

biko wrote: »

People does not have the freedom to tell others to fcuk off on here, just clearing that up

Indeed. I wasnt talking about here but in the 'real world' and I wouldnt be saying fcuk. The C and U woud be...... different.
Apologies:o

Cantona's Collars

Won't affect the pub trade down my way,they do feck all trade on a Friday anymore seeing as half the town is unemployed and after work drinks are a thing of the past.:(
Even so,the Irish mentality is if we're told not to do something then we do the opposite,so just watch the drink being stockpiled the night before Good Friday.It's still an archaic rule that has no place in modern Ireland,I don't mind the pubs closing on Christmas Day as it's meant to be a family time but Good Friday is just another day in multicultural Ireland.

CantGetNoSleep

We should have a poll

You could have a choice of

A day off with no ability to buy drink as it's a holy day

Or

A full working day. Why should the.church influence what days our employers are forced to give us off

senordingdong

I'd argue that people I know drink more on Good Friday just because they are not allowed to buy alcohol that day.

Ghost Buster

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

We should have a poll

You could have a choice of

A day off with no ability to buy drink as it's a holy day

Or

A full working day. Why should the.church influence what days our employers are forced to give us off

Theyre not forced to give the day off.Its discretional.

Fremen

Daegerty wrote: »

I think if there were a few days a year alcohol was not allowed to be sold for reasons unrelated to religion it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal as it is made out to be on boards.ie

It's being told to do something on religious grounds that I object to.

If 90% or even all offies closed voluntarily on a standard bank holiday, I wouldn't much care. I think that if you want to make a law, you need a damn good reason for it though.

Daegerty

Spunge wrote: »

But how could they even remotely justify banning it for a specific day. If its effects on society are so bad it must be banned on specific days then it sounds like it shouldn't even be legal.

They could pick a day for the sake of tradition as they do or they could change the day every year randomly. A few universal days off for almost everyone can only be a good thing for society

There are plenty of countries that boardsies would look up to for being so modern, progressive and secular where you can do basically fcuk all when it comes to consumerism other than ordering stuff online on Sunday and several other days during the year. These places are not so addicted to the 24/7 lifestyle as Celtic Tiger Ireland was and get along fine.
People in these countries seem to enjoy a somewhat more relaxed and higher quality of life.

Now should they change that day to Wednesday just to have a dig at the church? of course not, that would be the height of silly.

senordingdong

Fremen wrote: »

It's being told to do something on religious grounds that I object to.

If 90% or even all offies closed voluntarily on a standard bank holiday, I wouldn't much care. I think that if you want to make a law, you need a damn good reason for it though.

I agree.
It's not the lack of access to alcohol that bothers me, it is the fact that it is on religious grounds, in a supposedly secular state.

Daegerty

Fremen wrote: »

It's being told to do something on religious grounds that I object to.

If 90% or even all offies closed voluntarily on a standard bank holiday, I wouldn't much care. I think that if you want to make a law, you need a damn good reason for it though.

It seems to be the religious origin of the day that you have a problem with rather than anything else.

90% of them closing voluntarily will never happen because the remaining 10% of them are getting 100% of the business for that day and that's not something the 90% won't like. So the answer is a few state sanctioned days off for everyone

Fremen

senordingdong wrote: »

I agree.
It's not the lack of access to alcohol that bothers me, it is the fact that it is on religious grounds, in a supposedly secular state.

I think Ireland has catholicism enshrined (no pun intended) in the constitution. Now there's something I think needs to be changed.

Edit: whoops, my mistake. 1973 amendment signed a whole load of other religions into it too.

Daegerty

senordingdong wrote: »

I agree.
It's not the lack of access to alcohol that bothers me, it is the fact that it is on religious grounds, in a supposedly secular state.

This state is not secular. I know that as a militant atheist that might be a hard one to swallow but for now you'll have to deal with it or move.

Fremen

Daegerty wrote: »

It seems to be the religious origin of the day that you have a problem with rather than anything else.

Nail on head.

Raze_them_all

Daegerty wrote: »

It seems to be the religious origin of the day that you have a problem with rather than anything else.

90% of them closing voluntarily will never happen because the remaining 10% of them are getting 100% of the business for that day and that's not something the 90% won't like. So the answer is a few state sanctioned days off for everyone

Why shouldn't people object to a religion influeing their choices they were not apart of??

Would you obey ramadan if you were told to?

Ghost Buster

We vote for our Government to Govern and make laws.
The RCC are civilians and have as much right to impose thier ideas via state law 'Irish Psychics Live' or that Kerry Seanachi who believes in fairys.

senordingdong

Daegerty wrote: »

This state is not secular. I know that as a militant atheist that might be a hard one to swallow but for now you'll have to deal with it or move.

I was under the impression that the state can not adopt a religiong?

Knasher

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

We should have a poll

You could have a choice of

A day off with no ability to buy drink as it's a holy day

Or

A full working day. Why should the.church influence what days our employers are forced to give us off

If you phrased a poll like that do you really think anybody would vote for the second option? A more accurate question would be to ask if people would prefer the full working day plus an extra day added to their yearly holidays.

Ghost Buster

Daegerty wrote: »

It seems to be the religious origin of the day that you have a problem with rather than anything else.

90% of them closing voluntarily will never happen because the remaining 10% of them are getting 100% of the business for that day and that's not something the 90% won't like. So the answer is a few state sanctioned days off for everyone

Thats the answer to what question?