RICHES IN RICHMOND
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Having peaked too early in the Pelt Trader, and being much too early to
loiter around South Ken, we took the tube to the end of the line at
Richmond. It’...
2 hours ago
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Neo-prohibitionism
No, you haven't dialled up Curmudgeon by mistake. It's still me, but a different thing this time. Mudgie is always banging on about the anti alcohol brigade, so I draw his attention and yours to this in the Morning Advertiser.
Interesting - a good piece to set you thinking.
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Already spotted :-)
Good piece, though, deserves a wide airing.
Being a Prohibitionist is to support organised crime.
I question the notion of a "spectacular comeback as a social problem".
"A spectacular comeback as a moral panic" is closer to the truth.
This is the typical blinkered response to perceived social and health problems – blame the weapon and not the assailant, so to speak. Are there no politically motivated people (that’s political with a small ‘p’) who can think holistically and laterally? Alcohol is not a problem.
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