Target them how exactly?
Glass pint glasses to be replaced with plastic
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I people have fists too, shall we start cutting those off?
Maybe the focus should be prevention rather than treating everyone like children.
Removal of the benefit trap and make relying on the state rather than yourself always the worst option would be a good start.
The introduction of state dependancy correlates nicely with when crime started to rise strongly in the UK.
Crime has risen with population not because of benefits. The opposite, if people got nothing to eat they would obviously commit crime.
I honestly thought more of you Dolph.
sodding nanny state though....
sick of it!
We'll all be wrapped up in cotton wool before long.
Fix the binge drink culture - going back to the old licensing laws would be a start (ie actually asking the question whether an area needs another bar or not!). Banning Glass is not going to solve the problem.
How can you possibly even say that? I sure as hell don't want to be drinking beer out of a plastic cup rather than a proper pint glass.
This is punishing responsible drinkers just to stop the few who ruin it for the rest of us.
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The injuries from glass are much worse than from fists.
I've got to get out of this thread before my head assplode.
Seriously, "waa waa waa nanny state" this, "why not ban barstools" that. How can you knock the government for doing something that will most likely decrease the severity of violent assaults in pubs/bars, it will even reduce accidental injuries.
Oh and wait for the kicker, the real zinger THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE! Unless of course you're an exceptionally opinionated weiner who thinks that plastic has a taste.
Seriously, "waa waa waa nanny state" this, "why not ban barstools" that. How can you knock the government for doing something that will most likely decrease the severity of violent assaults in pubs/bars, it will even reduce accidental injuries.
Oh and wait for the kicker, the real zinger THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE! Unless of course you're an exceptionally opinionated weiner who thinks that plastic has a taste.
fists can and do kill people, not sure how likely that is with glass however i can imagine it is significantly less likely then a massive blow to the temple with a fist or elbow
How about getting bars and clubs to stop use plastic glasses? It's easier and will have a positive effect.
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And this is where i specifically disagree. I doubt there's any figures specific enough to prove either one right though.
I didn't say benefits, I said state dependancy, you can have the first without the second, but we do not, we have a system that encourages state dependancy over personal responsiblity in a signficant segment of society (as witnessed by the generations of claimants)
With regards to the crime factor.
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-111.pdf
Page 14, figures are per thousand population, so the increase in population is irrelevant.
Surely it depends what you do with the fist (or even foot). There was an incident in the town I grew up several years ago where someone was hit in the face with a glass/bottle after an argument. The man who did it then left and was followed by the other guy and his friends. They found him and punched him to the ground then kicked him in the head until he died.
Which caused a greater injury in this case?
There IS a downside. Plastic DOES taste awful compared to glass. How can you not taste it?
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Well, last time I checked, glass was a recyclable material. Not all types of plastic are, so yeah, great benefit.
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To be honest, I've never had a beer in a glass, and then in a plastic glass, from the same establishment. So all the foul tasting beer in plastic glasses I've had could just be down to certain places' pumps or something