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What is the purpose behind the Good Friday "no drinking" law?

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  • #32
    Amirani
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    castletownman wrote: »
    It's amazing that us Irish Catholics are up in arms for not being allowed to attend a pub for ONE day when Muslims all over the world take part in a month of fasting during the Ramadan without complaint. That's proper sacrifice for you too, none of this giving up chocolate during Lent sacrifice that we partake in to feel good about ourselves.

    We're not all Catholics. I don't see why it matters a damn what Muslims do to appease their invisible friends.


  • #33
    Foxhound38
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    castletownman wrote: »
    It's amazing that us Irish Catholics are up in arms for not being allowed to attend a pub for ONE day when Muslims all over the world take part in a month of fasting during the Ramadan without complaint. That's proper sacrifice for you too, none of this giving up chocolate during Lent sacrifice that we partake in to feel good about ourselves.

    What you Irish catholics decide to give up is your own concern - and fair play to ye if that's what ye want to do.

    I am not catholic, and am under no moral obligation to partake in this arbitrary ritual. I am however under a legal obligation to do so, and I question why that is the case in an apparently modern republic.

    I also question what significance a religious sacrifice could have spiritually for those who's religion this law is intended to reflect. After all, is choice not an integral part of legitimate sacrifice? Is it of any greater siginificance when that choice is substituted with a binding law that is imposed on all of us?


  • #34
    I Heart Internet
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    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    What you Irish catholics decide to give up is your own concern - and fair play to ye if that's what ye want to do.

    I am not catholic, and am under no moral obligation to partake in this arbitrary ritual. I am however under a legal obligation to do so, and I question why that is the case in an apparently modern republic.

    I also question what significance a religious sacrifice could have spiritually for those who's religion this law is intended to reflect. After all, is choice not an integral part of legitimate sacrifice? Is it of any greater siginificance when that choice is substituted with a binding law that is imposed on all of us?

    Have you spoken to your priest TD about this? They're the people with the power to change things.


  • #35
    Kiwi in IE
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    castletownman wrote: »
    It's amazing that us Irish Catholics are up in arms for not being allowed to attend a pub for ONE day when Muslims all over the world take part in a month of fasting during the Ramadan without complaint. That's proper sacrifice for you too, none of this giving up chocolate during Lent sacrifice that we partake in to feel good about ourselves.

    Many of those complaining are probably doing so because they are not Catholic and therefore do not want Catholic rituals forced upon them by the state.


  • #36
    Alf. A. Male
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    Kiwi in IE wrote: »
    Many of those complaining are probably doing so because they are not Catholic
    FYP


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  • #37
    I Heart Internet
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    Kiwi in IE wrote: »
    Many of those complaining are probably doing so because they are not Catholic and therefore do not want Catholic rituals forced upon them by the state.

    The State isn't actually doing that. It is choosing to forbid the sale of (most not all) alcohol on a particular day. It's not forbidding its consumption or requiring any religious observance whatsoever.

    I agree that it's quite random and there is no particular benefit to the state or religious people. There is some benefit to bar staff, and that's fair enough - if they actually want it/really benefit from it.


  • #38
    yeppydeppy
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    I've sent my annual email to my local TDs and I'm expecting the exact level of response I've had for the last few years - silence.


  • #39
    Riskymove
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    I Heart Internet wrote: »
    The State isn't actually doing that. It is choosing to forbid the sale of (most not all) alcohol on a particular day. It's not forbidding its consumption or requiring any religious observance whatsoever.

    it does however originate from a time when if you wanted a drink you generally had to go to a pub

    the masses didn't have access to booze in shops or offies like today and didn't really often drink vino over a meal etc

    Society and life has changed and so should this law


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