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Further to the previous post:

And in fact, the piss has been responsible for thuggish drunken behaviour (specifically assault) for a long time. I can remember as a young man two decades ago witnessing such thuggery often.
It became a night's entertainment, actually, when we (the non-drunks) would park near an intersection where the outflow from bars would meet, to watch the festivities. Young men with a skinfull would stuff some food into them and proceed to beat the shit out of each other. Like a gladitorial arena.

Every weekend.

But for the main, the only weapons were fists - and sometimes feet, never did I see a weapon of any kind.
But in modern times, the predeliction towards the use of knives and other such tools (machetes, hatchets etc.) has become disturbing. However this can't be attributed to just alcohol. No, the apparent increase in the viciousness of attacks in the modern day is motivated by a much more malignant inspiration. This betrays an underlying feeling of apathy with life, probably brought on by the ever increasing drift toward dissatisfaction, and rebellion.
And to that, the emergence of the seemingly (and if so - frighteningly) powerful PC lobby and we have a recipe for disaster.
Do what you want, get a slap on the wrists, and do it again.

This much is obvious and the authorities, too late, are cracking the whip in a desperate, but futile, attempt to control the situation. Heavier sentences are imposed on the violent and CCTV watches us from everywhere. It's interesting that the cameras seem to be the busiest as they record the assaults regardless of their very precence.

The screaming irony is, that it is all self imposed. Bad decisions made by governments quite some time ago (under the accusation of discrimination) have led us to this place.

No, cracking down on binge drinking, while it will probably have AN effect) won't solve the problem, it runs much deeper than that.


But at least the smokers are being left alone!