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Saturday, 27 October 2007
Alcohol prohibition works!
Well it has finally happened. The unachievable has been achieved!!!! This is history making and should be the highest priority news around the world. Our Police Commissioner, Carl O’Callaghan has found a way to make the prohibition of alcohol actually work. Where millions have tried before him and failed. Where societies since man first inhabited the earth have tried and failed to make prohibition work, Carl O’Callaghan has succeed.
The West Australian newspaper reported it today. This is extraordinary news!!! Fitzroy Crossing, a very remote town in northern Australia has a very bad history of alcoholism and domestic violence particularly amongst its aboriginal inhabitants. News laws, only a few months old now only allow for the sale of low strength beer in this very isolated town. Carl O’Callaghan reports that in the past few months there has been a 30 percent drop in domestic violence and many families and children have been able to enjoy a full nights sleep for the first time in years. This is due to the alcohol prohibition. I am sure every Muslim nation in the world will now be eagerly seeking out Carl O’Callaghan to find out his answer to the prohibition of alcohol.
All we have to do is stop people having access to alcohol then this wont happen.
There is one very big problem for the prohibitionists like Carl O’Callaghan. There is lots of money to be made in Fitzroy Crossing at the moment. The inhabitants have plenty of disposable income and there is a high demand for mood altering drugs of some kind. With this (lethal) combination what is likely to happen? I don’t think you need three guesses.
If prostitution is the oldest profession in the world then drinking alcohol is a close second. Banning it just does not stop people from drinking alcohol. How many times does history have to show us that before we actually learn it.
Worse case scenario. Fitzroy Crossing will evolve a well establish illicit drug infrastructure. Come to think of it, hasn’t that happened some where else before? Now I remember, old scarface Al Capone in the USA with the temperance league. Did you know that old Al died of tertiary syphilis in a federal prison. Well it just goes to show you that crime does not pay!
The government foresight on Fitzroy Crossing.
So finally when the government gives up on the new legislation and it reverts back to the sale of all kinds of alcohol. The inhabitants of Fitzroy Crossing are also left with a well establish illicit drug trade and organised crime structure. Thus the inhabitants are left off worse than when they started. Come to think of it hasn’t that been happening to aboriginal Australians since the white man landed here 200 years ago?
The thirty percent drop in the past few months as reported by Carl O’Callaghan? There are a few possibilities. I can make domestic violence drop by fifty percent in Australia over night. I know how to do this. You want to know how? Well I will tell you how. One makes alcohol illegal and marijuana legal. That is guaranteed to cause a dramatic drop in domestic violence throughout Australia. Perhaps this is already happening at Fitzroy Crossing. Marijuana is replacing the gap left by alcohol.
The butler did it.
There is a big gap in the drug market in Fitzroy Crossing at the moment. There certainly is the demand and that is not going to go away for at least a couple of generations, if ever. So there could simply be a gap in alcohol and drugs at the moment until people get organised. Certainly the drug dealers will be salivating at the new employment opportunities in Fitzroy Crossing. Then of course there is the good old moon shine. Home made hooch. Due to its isolation home made stills could be hidden in a million different places up there.
I worked in a prison for a couple of years and there were alcohol stills being found on a weekly basis. The ingenuity at producing alcohol in prison was incredible. The hiding places and methods used were truly a testament to human creativity and the Little Professor ego state. As an employee I was not allowed to bring any vegemite into the prison. Why? Because it could be used in fermentation and thus produce alcohol. So Carl O’Callaghan better get onto that one and we will need new laws banning vegemite at Fitzroy Crossing.
Basically anything that ferments can be used to produce alcohol, potatoe peelings were a common one in prison. As I understand it any food that contains carbohydrates can be used to ferment alcohol. That adds up to an awful lot of foods. Carl O’Callaghan will also need new laws banning all such foods at Fitzroy Crossing. Of course with home made alcohol the government has no control over the quality and what people are actually ingesting.
Making alcohol? More than one way to skin a cat.
It seems fairly safe to say that with time people in Fitzroy Crossing will start to get organised and begin producing their own alcohol and thus we have the beginnings of an organised crime structure. This is precisely what has happened throughout mankind when alcohol prohibition has been tried. Will Carl O’Callaghan succeed where millions before him have failed? Time will tell, but I know which one I would put my money on.
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Hi Tony and all,
So I take it you won't be having your wake in Fitzroy Crossing Tony. It doesn't sound much of a place for a party. I bet old Carl is having a sneaky tipple or 2 when no one's looking. You tend to find that with politicians, one rule for them and another for everyone else.
Cheers
Jack
Posted by: Jack | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Its incredible to think that Carl does not realise what a chump he is.
I wonder for how long he will go on pretending his ways are effective.
And I wonder if he has his own private stash of alcohol.
Probably.
Posted by: kahless | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Isn't is amazing how you can make statistics work for you, Tony.
Posted by: Madeleine | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hi Kahless and Jack,
Carl can drink as much as he wants. It is only in that one remote town where alcohol is banned and you can be sure Carl does not live there.
It has also been reported that there has been an increase in the populations of the next two towns.
I wonder why that would be?
Tony
Posted by: Tony | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hi Madeleine,
Yes I will follow this one over time and see what happens. The Australian experiment at the prohibition of alcohol.
Tony
Posted by: Tony | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Tony?
We have some very clever friends who make really nice alcohol. It's very simple to do aparently and you can buy the different flavours for all the different types of stuff. They're very generous friends too. I've tasted it but i'm afraid all beer tastes the same to me and so does most other things. I mean the anniseed ones taste like anniseed and the rum ones taste like rum and the burbon ones taste like burbon but all the different brands of each type or flavour taste the same to me too. E.G. A bundy rum tastes exactly the same as a Bacardi one.
I don't like when i'm drunk. It's been a while since that's happened but it's yucky feeling car sick - nausious? is that it? - the next day and being totally out of control while the juice is pumping around my body in my veins. I'm usually dezy driver and i don't mind at all. Don't drink anymore. But that's just my decision for me.
Computer is closing down now i think, so have a great Sunday!
PS, you don't happen to know anyone who wants a really lovely big dog do you? (Geez i don't know! I will learn! I will! I choose to learn now!) See ya...
Posted by: Roses | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hi Tony,
Gee I don't suppose Carl has done a lot for the tourist trade in Fitzroy Crossing. It sounds like a good place to go to recover from a hangover though, so long as Carl keeps the noise down. Come to think of it though isn't that Carl in the piccy laid out on that decking next to the brush?? Oh of course not, Carl woudn't have been drinking, would he, tut,tut.
Jack
Posted by: Jack | Saturday, 27 October 2007
No Jack,
You are right it wouldn't help the tourist trade at Fitzroy Crossing!
But as you can imagine there was not much of a one in the first place.
I think its West Ham vs Coventry tomorrow. Coventry and good?
Tony
Posted by: Tony | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hi Tony,
West Ham play Porsmouth away in around 4 hours time. It'll be a difficult game for them as Pompey are riding high at the moment.
C'mon the Hammers.
Jack
Posted by: Jack | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Yes Jack,
Lets hope they can win this one
Tony
Posted by: Tony | Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hey tony!
I'm with you on the legalization of marijuana. Pot have a soporific effect which means the violence and dumb-fuck-ness will decline. An additional bonus: potheads wont even MISS the booze! That will reduce incentives to criminals and bootleggers.
Posted by: Rachel | Sunday, 28 October 2007
I think at Fiztroy Crossing at least, booze will be sorely missed. There is also a well established mull contingincey in these outback places however nothing it seems, to match the dishinhibiting mixture of booze+outback. Prohibition might work for a while but thats about it.
kenoath
Posted by: kenoath | Sunday, 28 October 2007
The bubble blowers had a drawn game.
kenoath
Posted by: kenoath | Sunday, 28 October 2007
Hi Ken, Tony and all,
I saw West Ham's highlights a few minutes ago. It looked an entertaining 0-0 blow. Portsmouth missed a last minute penalty. Nobby Salano needs some heading practice after missing 2 easy chances with his head. Craig Bellamy was his usual self, very prickly, eventually getting booked after lots of arguing and bad temperedness. I can't help but think he needs something to help himself relax.
Over all a good point for the Hammers.
I hope u all have a nice chilled out Sunday- man.
Jack
Posted by: Jack | Sunday, 28 October 2007
You know what Tony, Ken, Gez?
I really like this 'Daylight saving' thing. It's just that it takes me till around March to get used to it. So strange huh?
Happy Sunday Night!
Roses
Posted by: Roses | Sunday, 28 October 2007
Good news about West Ham!!
Jack, Today (Sunday) our daylight saving started.
And Roses, I think Daylight saving sucks
Tony
Posted by: Tony | Sunday, 28 October 2007
I like the long evenings of daylight saving, Tony, Roses. Not so good on the really hot days, but there's not too many of them, but in the main, I like it.
Posted by: Madeleine | Monday, 29 October 2007
http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/
Check it out. Which superhero are you?
I'm something called The Green Lantern. Never heard of him.
Posted by: Madeleine | Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Tony?
It's ACS=Australian Correspondence Schools. The whole course is correspondence (had to use my spell check for correspondence) I think i have to do it all on my own. There are workshops that must be attended and work placement later i think. I'm guessing that there's like, chat and forums and stuff like that too.
Thanks for checking it all out and yes - it's full on! Like a maze or something. I'm afraid that if i ring them and ask questions they'll do the 'sell sell' thing on me and i'll end up more confused than ever. I'll talk to them and see. Have any of them to do with TA? Or do we learn all the other stuff first and then practice TA? Is that what you did?
I wanted to ask you a question. I was watching Telly tonight - subliminally i guess cause i'm clueless as to what was on - and a thought popped into my head...
If grief is only really for the ones that are left behind when a death occurs, then, why is it so bad to kill ourselves?
People have to deal with death anyway. Isn't, "death a part of life"? It happens every day whether pets, friends, family - in numerous different ways - so why is it not good to take our own lives? It's so normal these days, i mean, murders don't even make the news anymore.
The person who's dead Tony? Are they feeling better or worse? It's murder perhaps; self murder - it's against the law. So is littering, graffiti - i mean lawers solicit and that's ok but when a prostitute solisits it's against the law. So strange...
Are you able to explain to me why suicide wrong? Or is it just frightening for the ones left stuck here and therefore not a choice we can legally make for ourselves. Is it like, at school Penny Smith is allergic to peanuts so absolutely no one is aloud to eat peanuts?
Remember chat? Remember when you came in and swore and we all tried to warn you that it was against the chat room rules? What was your reply to that? Do you remember? Well what's the difference between that time in chat and the peanut fable and suicide?
Are you able to explain?
Just wondering...
Roses
Posted by: Roses | Wednesday, 31 October 2007