tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post6993356708890225485..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Drink Matters!Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-86350532354585912512010-03-22T17:14:53.168+00:002010-03-22T17:14:53.168+00:00Yes, I am a libertarian, but it has to work both w...<i>Yes, I am a libertarian, but it has to work both ways. I have no objection to people having a drink. However, feel I should be equally able to walk through town on a Friday/Saturday night, WITHOUT being abused, threatened or assaulted by someone who has had too much to drink.</i><br /><br />Yes, but have you ever walked through ‘town’ on a Friday or Saturday night and been abused, threatened or assaulted, or like most people, is it just a problem that you have read about or seen on television?<br /><br />It sounds to me that this alleged problem is being blown up out of all proportion in an effort to further regulate the consumption of alcohol. <br /><br />Some people may occasionally get drunk, but they always have done.<br /><br />I can imagine that the dwindling number of bar and club owners in the Country can only dream about hoards of people coming to their establishments and binging.Garyhttp://www.campoamorgolf.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-56020169298058597402010-03-22T15:48:36.263+00:002010-03-22T15:48:36.263+00:00Friday / Saturday night knobheads are people that ...Friday / Saturday night knobheads are people that cant handle a couple of pints of piss weak lager. They are the ones that need sorting out, not some kids with a radio station that none of us need bother listening to if we dont want to.<br />A lot of folk can actually make up their own minds and can behave without being influenced by others. I dont beleive in banning something on the off chance that a bad thing may happen as a result of it.Buckonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-4292393152240541642010-03-22T14:16:58.357+00:002010-03-22T14:16:58.357+00:00Bucko said...
"Lord of Atlantis:
moderation...Bucko said... <br />"Lord of Atlantis:<br /><br />moderation, binge drinking, irresponsible, health risks, anti-social behaviour?<br />Are you a libertarian blogger or not?"<br /><br />Yes, I am a libertarian, but it has to work both ways. I have no objection to people having a drink. However, feel I should be equally able to walk through town on a Friday/Saturday night, WITHOUT being abused, threatened or assaulted by someone who has had too much to drink.Lord of Atlantisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-34008829094287818042010-03-22T14:05:42.814+00:002010-03-22T14:05:42.814+00:00Lord of Atlantis:
moderation, binge drinking, irr...Lord of Atlantis:<br /><br />moderation, binge drinking, irresponsible, health risks, anti-social behaviour?<br />Are you a libertarian blogger or not?<br /><br />Well said Black Sea. Freedon is a birthright, not something to be given out or with held at the whim of another.<br /><br />People are more than welcome to change channel / station / website if they encounter content or people (cyber bullies) that they object to. Too many people chose to complain rather than ignore.<br />We will have run out of things to ban long bafore everyone is satisfied.Buckonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-5021802295153518052010-03-22T12:24:00.160+00:002010-03-22T12:24:00.160+00:00Are people so easily influenced by what they see o...Are people so easily influenced by what they see or hear, or have we all become immune to it all?<br /><br />If I watch the television and see an advert, it doesn’t make me want to rush out and buy the product, and if I were a student listening to radio show, I wouldn’t want to get drunk just because the presenters were having a few drinks. <br /><br />I do have a mind of my own and I feel that others are not so easily swayed either.<br /><br />And binge drinking........Who says that it is a huge problem? <br /><br />It only became an issue after the smoking ban came into force, giving the state something else meddle with.Garyhttp://www.campoamorgolf.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-36321644555875935022010-03-22T12:02:18.927+00:002010-03-22T12:02:18.927+00:00"Unfortunately when you give creativity and f..."Unfortunately when you give creativity and freedom to some people they run off with it." <br /><br />Neither creativity nor freedom is "given" to people. Freedom can be taken away, and creativity punished or suppressed, but the exercise of freedom and creativity is something that occurs naturally and spontaneously, without any dispensation from Nanny. Only one of her most mindless minions could see it otherwise.Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-78391982160842028832010-03-22T11:47:10.899+00:002010-03-22T11:47:10.899+00:00Ken, worth a check - you could be right. Do note t...Ken, worth a check - you could be right. Do note that the station does occasionally get a short-term "public broadcast" license and the management team could simply be maintaining a code of conduct at all times.Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374548021605224698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-9959637932737464702010-03-22T11:45:24.297+00:002010-03-22T11:45:24.297+00:00Mosher, I don't think student internet broadca...Mosher, I don't think student internet broadcast are covered by Offcom rules.<br /><br />KenKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-16127455431597312992010-03-22T11:42:49.690+00:002010-03-22T11:42:49.690+00:00For once, I have to agree with Nanny. I have no pr...For once, I have to agree with Nanny. I have no problem with people drinking in moderation but to encourage binge drinking strikes me as irresponsible in the extreme, bearing in mind the considerable health risks and the fact that it can lead to anti-social behaviour and violence.Lord of Atlantisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-84823301210683564642010-03-22T11:31:18.861+00:002010-03-22T11:31:18.861+00:00"Unfortunately when you give creativity and f..."Unfortunately when you give creativity and freedom to some people they run off with it." <br /><br />Bloody 'freedom'! Give it to people and they think they can do what they like!Archroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-91994869185662237332010-03-22T11:30:06.654+00:002010-03-22T11:30:06.654+00:00Gary - (popping on Nanny's advocate hat), they...Gary - (popping on Nanny's advocate hat), they could be encouraged to drink heavily. Don't forget that binge drinking is *bad* and therefore encouraging people to do it - by leading by example or otherwise - is naughty and shouldn't be allowed.Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374548021605224698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-30146338777780055802010-03-22T11:26:50.868+00:002010-03-22T11:26:50.868+00:00Too many people wanting to stick their noses into ...Too many people wanting to stick their noses into other people's lives and force them to live their lives the way these people live theirs.....It seems to me that, since we have become a "more tolerant and diverse" society, we have become much less tolerant.<br /><br />I was listening to Gold radio yesterday and I am pleased to report that the number of adverts from Nanny had decreased...This is a step in the right direction; All we need now if for Nanny to take off the remaining ones so that we can do back to listening to good music without Nanny invading our homes several times an hour with her messages!!Tonk.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-28362963633883016282010-03-22T11:26:17.247+00:002010-03-22T11:26:17.247+00:00Anon, on balance I'd say "yes". The ...Anon, on balance I'd say "yes". The fines and censures for breaching the rules are harsh. That's *why* station managers monitor their output so carefully.<br /><br />Compare TV output after 9pm with radio, particularly the language. Have you ever heard as much swearing on radio as on TV? There are reasons for it and the rules and guidelines relating to the license are those reasons.Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374548021605224698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-20895053622085961752010-03-22T11:25:33.339+00:002010-03-22T11:25:33.339+00:00Isn’t the whole point of having a student radio st...Isn’t the whole point of having a student radio station, manned by students, to appeal to.......students?<br /><br />If they are just going to broadcast boring shit that nobody wants to listen to, then the students will find their entertainment elsewhere.<br /><br />It is not as if they would be damaged in some way by the antics of the presenters.Garyhttp://www.campoamorgolf.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-59336531107354177232010-03-22T11:08:34.033+00:002010-03-22T11:08:34.033+00:00In which case then, it's the petty, Victorian ...In which case then, it's the petty, Victorian rules on radio stations that should be lambasted, rather than the uni?<br /><br />Either way, I say let the students have their fun. It's not as if non-students will be listening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-35501912504022934292010-03-22T10:39:56.779+00:002010-03-22T10:39:56.779+00:00I used to work in student radio at Bradford Uni an...I used to work in student radio at Bradford Uni and I can understand Glasgow's reaction. Radio licenses are expensive and there are limits as to what you can broadcast - strict ones.<br /><br />I did a rock show and woe betide me if I let a record air with a swear word in. I had to edit my own recordings and make sure I vetted everything just in case.<br /><br />I do agree with you in principle. It's a student station which should appeal to students and I bet the ones listening loved the drinking game. However, they're under the same rules as any other radio station in the country - which *is* fair, even if the rules themselves may not seem so. Bear in mind that anyone can listen to the stream, not just those at the university.Mosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374548021605224698noreply@blogger.com