Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Was that a bid or an offer?
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Elvis Costello wrote "Shipbuilding" about the Falklands War. There wasn't any conscription for that. I think it may have been suggested by some, but realistically the British military didn't have the ability to train thousands of kids and ship them halfway across the world in time to be of any use.
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I think both Guest and Reception failed their Turing Tests.
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talking at gigs is just wrong!
Proper Rock and Roll is loud enough that anything quiter than gunfire cannot be heard above the music.
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On the format thing, have PA ever thought of switching to either bbcode or an HTML subset, as other systems (PHPBB boards, Blogger, LiveJournal) do. The current system is quite elegant, but it is non-standard and another thing to remember.
Plus, being able to embed images (as well as Youtubes) would be nice.
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Sorry Bart. I realise from the rest of the thread that you had a valid point re alcohol dissolving flavour compounds in drinks and weren't being chemophobic.
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The evidence is very clear... the best way to reduce alcohol related harm is to reduce the number of outlets selling alcohol in a community.
Got references?
Westies seem to be some of the biggest piss artists around, despite the King Dicks liquor monopoly. I don't believe that, if you take away the tendency to warehouse those with social problems here, that Wellington CBD locals have more alcohol problems than people from places with less accessible bottle stores.
Like I say, the only effective way to address substance abuse is to look at the underlying causes - if people have good lives and self respect they won't engage in damaging substance abuse. That means starting with decent education, health and social care, not taking away rights.
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Also, there's a "fun" case you come across early in one's law degree which explains that if you can't physically get drunk off something (e.g. a low alcohol beer you'd need to drink a physically impossible amount to get drunk) then it isn't covered by licensing laws
Must have been before the current Sale of Liquor Act which sez:
Liquor means any fermented, distilled, or spirituous liquor (including spirits, wine, ale, beer, porter, honeymead, stout, cider, and perry) that is found on analysis to contain 1.15 percent or more alcohol by volume -
Alcohol is in fact, a solvent
So is water. Your point is?
Are solvents a new target of chemicalism - if it dissolves stuff it must be bad. (Almost all liquids are solvents for something, either polar or non-polar).
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I personally don't have a problem with dairies such as Shalimar not being able to sell booze.
So you think it's ok, as a knee-jerk political reaction, to take a hard-working family's livelihood away? Because it might (read won't) stop a few people being drunk and obnoxious.