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Originally Posted by Gary L
Stuart, just because you got 33 cans of lager. you don't have to drink all 33 in one go.
you save them and drink them when you want.
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Sage advice Gareth, but that simply proves you're not one of the ones the government has concerns about. Sadly there are plenty of people who would neck the lot - or plenty of teenagers who would split a crate between half a dozen of them and use it to get tanked up in the park before harassing passers-by and upending wheelie bins.
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Originally Posted by mertle
Anybody else think harsher penalties will solve issues.
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No, I think harsher penalties alleviate the issue for as long as the offender is off the streets but they do not address the underlying criminality. Once they get out of jail, it's back to business as usual. There is no way you can lock up someone for drunken behaviour for long enough for it to make a difference to our streets. You think a few pence on a bottle of beer is inconvenient, just wait until your taxes start going up to pay the millions it would cost to build all the extra jail cells that policy would require.
No, prevention of criminal behaviour is infinitely better than allowing it to happen and then punishing it.