Britain has finally introduced
24 hour drinking. To celebrate, the leftwing Guardian (concerned with the wellbeing of society's worst off
) sent a
junior reporter on a 24-hour drinking spree, blogged live with the intention that drukedness be portrayed as amusing and macho.
Meanwhile, the Guardian
urges France to "snap out of its state of denial" and "denormalise drinking", noting that "drink is the third greatest cause of avoidable deaths in France."
It also chronicles in detail the death of the famous soccer player, Goerge Best:
Guardian writes:
Best, 59, has spent years battling alcoholism and underwent a liver transplant in 2002. But he ignored pleas to stay off the booze after the operation and was admitted to hospital on October 1 this year suffering from a flu-like infection.
As a long-term alcoholic, I find this all very depressing.
I'm not sure what to say about people's right to choose their own lifestyle. But it fills me with dread. I am a person who's life has been pretty screwed up by alcohol, and will probably die young because of it.
Don't know what to say. I feel let down by the Guardian, let down by supposed "lefties" pushing for easier access to alcohol. Don't know what to say.
Mick
in edit: I forgot to ask the significant question: WHY THE FUCK IS ALCOHOL LEGAL?
From the French report:
French report in the Guardian writes:
A third of all custodial sentences in this country, half of all domestic violence, a third of all handicaps are due to alcohol," he said. "One French person in 10 is ill as a result of alcohol, and every day five French people die after an accident linked to alcohol
This message has been edited by mick, 11-24-2005 09:12 PM