Should the alcohol content in drink be reduced?

Wompa1 · 28-10-2011 03:38PM

Ha Ha indicative of the Irish mindset here! But then we'd have to drink more to get drunk.

Maybe you'd drink the same and get less drunk. Not just not drunk at all but less drunk.

I'd be for it but I think it's the one thing people in this country would riot over

The drunken stereotype is true

Ray Palmer · 28-10-2011 04:06PM

The alcohol content of beer in ireland has been dropping for a few years. Carlsberg used to be 6% here now it is 4.5% and Carlsberg Export is now 6%. Most beers in Ireland used to be 6% but have gone to the UK rates mainly due to the importing by Tesco.

Da_Doc · 28-10-2011 05:03PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

Ha Ha indicative of the Irish mindset here! But then we'd have to drink more to get drunk.

Maybe you'd drink the same and get less drunk. Not just not drunk at all but less drunk.

I'd be for it but I think it's the one thing people in this country would riot over

The drunken stereotype is true

So bloody what, the majority go out have fun get drunk and go home. They harm no one and dont do any damage to their health. Its a minority that cant handle their drink and cause problems. I used to work in pubs and nightclubs for 9 years so from experience I can say its a vast majority that do no harm to themselves or others.

To answer the OPS question NO NO NO a million times over. If I want to enjoy a nice strong drink I will and I dont need the government to regulate that. I buy whiskey occasionally and I love drinking it straight or with just a drop of water to get that lovely bite from the alcohol.

Snakeblood · 28-10-2011 05:06PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

Ha Ha indicative of the Irish mindset here! But then we'd have to drink more to get drunk.

Maybe you'd drink the same and get less drunk. Not just not drunk at all but less drunk.

I'd be for it but I think it's the one thing people in this country would riot over

The drunken stereotype is true

The problem isn't the booze, it's the attitudes to booze. Changing the booze is not fixing the problem.

wildgoose · 29-10-2011 11:30AM

darokane wrote: »

Oh i fully understand, I understand that you just used google to define the term "addiction"
I also understand that you completely dodged my statement, are you drunk?
knobhead

reg. the definition, that would be the reason I left the "10|". If you cannot argue the point then refrain from responding. Further, it seems by your reply your incapable of an intellectual response or for that matter a pseudo-intellectual reply.

wildgoose · 29-10-2011 11:44AM

bluewolf wrote: »

The drinking culture isn't going to change while people talk about getting drunk all the time. And they do set out to get drunk for the most part. If you reduce the content they will just drink more.
It is not going to change by imposing rules on alcohol or other alcohol or opening hour related changes.

That would be precisely my point earlier , namely the human body will seek its own level of gratification.
I say *body* deliberately because I once observed heavy drinkers get physically sick before[/U] they went on a binge.

Jesus Shaves · 29-10-2011 11:44AM

wildgoose wrote: »

reg. the definition, that would be the reason I left the "10|". If you cannot argue the point then refrain from responding. Further, it seems by your reply your incapable of an intellectual response or for that matter a pseudo-intellectual reply.

Which is the reason why your few posts here have been mostly the musings of a mental patient
Well done to you good sir, I look forward to discussing our different viewpoints when at a time when you realise that you are in fact full of ****

jaffacakesyum · 29-10-2011 11:46AM

I wouldn't like to see alcohol content reduced, however it would be a good idea economically. Just means people would have to spend more in shops/pubs/clubs to get drunk

Hank Scorpio · 29-10-2011 11:52AM

Cans of Heineken, Carlsberg etc in England have lower alcohol volume than here, never knew that until I was over there this summer. Think they're around 1 percent lower

wildgoose · 29-10-2011 12:07PM

darokane wrote: »

Which is the reason why your few posts here have been mostly the musings of a mental patient
Well done to you good sir, I look forward to discussing our different viewpoints when at a time when you realise that you are in fact full of ****

You do seem to have some addiction problems, one might be a markedly diminished capacity to debate unless its on a the primitive level of name calling. This could be due to excessive consumption of your dear friend "alcholol" manifesting itself in lack of grey cells which you probably deposited in the urinal, and further compromised by the excess inhaltion of naphthalene.

wildgoose · 29-10-2011 12:11PM

for you in simple terms darokane dun do chlob until you have something worthwile saying.

Eric Cartman · 29-10-2011 04:33PM

Bring on the special brew, if tgey sokd that here id only be buyin 5 pints on a night out

saa · 29-10-2011 04:44PM

No, but there should be a more visible range of sweeter and lower % wine.

In pubs if soft drinks didn't work out the same as buying drink I would mix my drinks, once I'm drunk I'm happy to drink something low in alcohol but there's not much there.

I think everyone should be responsible, I plan ahead how much I want to drink, but once you're drunk your inhibitions can really take over glug glug especially if its being offered to you, by a friend ahem I don't take drinks like that.

Laisurg · 29-10-2011 05:12PM

No it wouldn't work at all, people would just drink more alcohol if the percentage was reduced.
People in Ireland do drink too much and it's not great for peoples health but they either want to stop or they don't, you can't do anything to force them to drink less.

Spunge · 29-10-2011 06:23PM

I'd rather if the amphetamine content was increased

Should the alcohol content in drink be reduced?

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