tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post111396812022713956..comments2023-10-08T16:13:53.045+03:00Comments on The Last Ditch (Archives): Statists allTom Painehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1114895642040310142005-05-01T01:14:00.000+04:002005-05-01T01:14:00.000+04:00I can't agree with you AB. 90% of police time is w...I can't agree with you AB. 90% of police time is wasted on bureaucracy. If we could get officers back out on the streets, both patrolling and responding to calls from people in trouble, we CAN target the bad 'uns and leave the rest alone. Those "few restrictions" accumulate over time, until there are no freedoms left.Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1114817551351141952005-04-30T03:32:00.000+04:002005-04-30T03:32:00.000+04:00On a practical level you just cannot police every ...On a practical level you just cannot police every juice bar in town and deal with each incident as it occurs. To have any practical effect on binge drinking some aspects of the behaviour's source need to be addressed. <BR/><BR/>I like a good beer; none of the Conservatives' proposals are going to prevent me from having one.<BR/><BR/>Steve - ID cards make nobody safer while curfews aren't - so farAlbion Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756379315485063617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1114156485448965052005-04-22T11:54:00.000+04:002005-04-22T11:54:00.000+04:00Exactly. The model in Britain's schools is general...Exactly. The model in Britain's schools is generally leaking out into society. The badly-behaved are too tough for the authorities to take on comfortably, so they hassle the rest of us to show they "care" or at least that they are "doing something". Meanwhile resentment grows...Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11461767.post-1114110470269515332005-04-21T23:07:00.000+04:002005-04-21T23:07:00.000+04:00This sort of thing reminds me of class detentions ...This sort of thing reminds me of class detentions at school. The authorities can't, or won't, punish the people who are behaving badly, so they just punish everybody instead. Curfews, ID cards, restrictions in the drinking hours make us all suffer when only a small number of people misbehave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com