Families ruin it for us all

Idiots ruin it for us all

I saw on the news that the Australia Day fireworks have been declared alcohol-free, which sounds fantastic if we lived in a perfect world (but then again if we lived in a perfect world, we wouldn't be needing an alcohol ban, would we?).

I am a non-drinker and see the idiocies of people who have been drinking, especially after a whole day in the heat, and once again these idiots have ruined it for the families who make a day of it having a barbecue and a glass of wine.

This is something families have been doing for more years than half of these people have been alive.

Declaring the event a totally alcohol-free event will only see people take alcohol disguised- and spirits such as bourbon and coke already mixed in bottles of coke, lemonade or orange juice are the easiest disguised, but also from what I've seen, more intoxicating than beer, especially over a whole day in the heat.

It will be interesting to see whether this total alcohol ban makes people go elsewhere, or will it bring just as much trouble as in previous years?

Rachael Harlock, Clarkson.
Guardian Express, Perth, January 19, 2010.

Why oh why don't we live in a perfect world? Because then we'd have nothing to write letters to the editor about. We particularly enjoyed the instructions on how to smuggle in alcohol, carefully included with the condemnation for doing so. Also the handy hint that spirits may be more intoxicating than beer. Heavens.