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| Thread ID: 109518 | 2010-05-11 22:18:00 | Death by Alcohol | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 884040 | 2010-05-11 22:18:00 | www.nzherald.co.nz When is enough enough? What are the answers? Please, for a change, no smart arse replies. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 884041 | 2010-05-11 22:23:00 | Education by parents. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 884042 | 2010-05-11 22:44:00 | I agree, Winston, but the parents seem to be sensible people. I am not going to go into published details about him lying to the parents, it won't solve anything and I think kids have all done that at some time in their turbulent teens and wanting to be part of the peer group. Those of us whose children have now grown up just thank our lucky stars that they got through that stage unscathed. We did our best and hoped they would make the right choices. Much of society seems to have suddenly thought that teens are adults and have that wisdom. Why should they have 'evolved' to that stage in comparison to what was expected of previous generations? It was always stressed to us that we are accountable for what we do and not hide behind blaming others. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 884043 | 2010-05-11 22:59:00 | There is very little that can be done to stop young people getting pissed. Parents can only advise their kids to take it easy with piss but if other peoples kids are like my kids they wont take much notice. Bing drinking is just a modernistic pathetic term for a condition that has lots of colorful descriptions like getting pissed as a chook,munted, ratfaced,turped up, smashed, off your face, blotto. Its part of European history for at least a couple of thousand years to drink to get drunk Drinking heavily was part of my of culture when I was as a young fella. All the the bleating and hand wringing in the world wont stop people drinking. At best it just makes it difficult for them but young people are resourceful and will get hold of the piss one way or the other and will get drunk. It sucks really, my generation and generations back to the middle ages got pissed and had fun now we get all cereal about it for the young people and want to put controls on them. I say to my 2 boys if you can make it past age 25 with out killing yourself with drugs, piss and car accidents you have a good chance of surviving till alloted 3 score and ten. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 884044 | 2010-05-11 23:02:00 | Actions have consequences, no matter what your age, Its not a matter of enough is enough or what can be done, There are no answers. People are dreaming if they think they can make a world where people have (some) free will yet won't ever make a decision that ends badly. Live with it. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 884045 | 2010-05-11 23:11:00 | I carry teenage girls on my mini-van run...I have asked them why they get smashed when they drink. The common reply is... "what's the point in drinking if you don't get smashed?" I ask you!!!!! There was a guy talking on NewstalkZB this morning on my way home. He said that the kids look at an activity and apply only one criteria these days. That happens to be "Is it fun" The thought of "is it safe doesn't enter their heads. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 884046 | 2010-05-11 23:13:00 | And on the other hand everyone's complaining that society is being wrapped in cotton wool. | Metla (12) | ||
| 884047 | 2010-05-11 23:23:00 | So what, we just ban/make it really hard for people under a certain age to get hold of substances that when used out of proportion can kill someone? Doesn't that rule out most things that can be bought over the counter today? From the interview on Close Up last night, it was stated that his mother never drank, and his father rarely drank and had never been 'drunk'. I'm guessing that he wasn't told that alcohol was ok in moderate amounts, and what can happen if too much is consumed. Just a random thought, but he may have been told something more along the lines of "alcohol is bad, don't touch it". So all he knew was alcohol as bad, and he wanted to be bad so he drank some. Now if he knew the possible consequences of drinking such vast amounts as opposed to having a few, I wonder what the outcome may have been. Just my ponderings anyway... |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 884048 | 2010-05-11 23:29:00 | yep correct all of you, and it just takes one to wreck it for everyone else. The fall out from this will be huge knowing national |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 884049 | 2010-05-11 23:43:00 | Should the "adult" who carried James outside and placed him in the recovery position be charged with manslaughter for not taking proper care? | Zippity (58) | ||
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