Comments on: Brit Happy Hour Ban

By: Outlawing happy | BitsBlog

Outlawing happy | BitsBlog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:18:38 +0000

[...] at OTB, James points to an AP feed which reports they’ve banned ‘Happy Hour” in the UK. Obviously, the [...]

By: Brits to Ban Happy Hours? | Heretical Ideas Blog

Brits to Ban Happy Hours? | Heretical Ideas Blog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:14:48 +0000

[...] James Joyner comes the news that the British are considering banning happy hours in pubs. Britain is considering [...]

By: Bithead

Bithead — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:50:46 +0000

Steve;
I wonder if it's occurred to any of those twits over there, that the kind of control you speak of is why they drink?

(Sigh) And if anyone thinks that we're not headed there ourselves....

Oh, to hell with it. I'm going to get another beer.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:15:41 +0000

All your actions are belong to us.

Or...

We will control the vertical. We will control the horizontal. We will control your diet, your exercise, your sex life, your television watching, your driving, your parenting, your computer usage, your reproduction, and...well just about everything else. There are no outer, inner, or any limits at all on how much control the State can have.

Have a nice day.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:27:07 +0000

I don't support the legislation, but the aim is less to do with long term health issues than it is to do with curbing the fact that happy hour is perceived (rightly or wrongly) as being linked to people drinking vast quantities of booze in a very short period and then wrecking up the place, vomiting in the street etc.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:17:39 +0000

It's official, Britons are supposed to be unhappy each of the 24 hours every day.

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:02:40 +0000

Happy hour has been illegal in Illinois for almost 20 years. Supporters thought that HH encouraged people to come out and drink earlier than they ought. I blame too much flare.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:56:02 +0000

Freedom. Pshaw, overrated.