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Monday, January 10, 2005

Drunk and Dangerous (BBC)

Watched this:

Mon 10 Jan, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm 60mins

Outnumbered

In the summer of 2004 over 5,000 people were arrested as part of a Government campaign to clamp down on binge drinking and alcohol fuelled violence in Britain. During the August bank holiday, the last of the summer, BBC cameras followed the police in Southend-on-Sea and Dover and Folkestone as they tried to deal with drinkers who were determined to cause trouble and injury.

Contains some strong language


It was an eye-opener. It showed a youth underclass wallowing in a slime of depravity that the Police have to clean up week-in and week-out. Several random thoughts arise from this:

  • Why do people deliberately go out to get drunk? (As opposed to going out to have a good time and socialise).

  • Why do people boast of how drunk they got? Isn't this an admission of stupidity?

  • Why do people resort to violence when they are under the influence of alcohol?

  • Is this a UK-only phenomenon? If so why? I have never seen behaviour in the US, Canada, Spain, France... etc.(Or have I just missed it)

  • You have to admire the patience and tenacity of the Police in the face of such continued aggression.

  • Sentences and fines are not severe enough, as there seems to be no deterrent to this behaviour?

Makes you think. Also there is an interesting post on this underclass on UK Commentators.

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