Alcohol Violence in Sydney Triggers Law Reform

[Kardan]

but if you go to someone elses house.. My mates don't share alcohol like that, really.

Then bring your own?

[Blinger]

Then bring your own?

Completely missing the point?

[Matt]

Heard about this on the news yesterday. People who king hit others deserve whats coming to them. I saw a video of someone who just king hit a guy and put him in a coma, as he was walking away someone else came up behind him and did exactly the same to him. It's just cowardly and pathetic and the guys who do it should have the same done to them just so they know how pathetic it is and how it can ruin lives just like that.

As for the liquor places and lockout zones, I don't really know if it will have an impact or not IMO. We'll have to wait and see what happens and whether violence rates go down.

[Kardan]

Completely missing the point?

I can't see why people simply can't buy alcohol earlier... If people suddenly get the urge to drink at 3am in their own home, they should have alcohol in the house already? (I mean, who wants to leave the house at 3am anyway?). The only time I can imagine that the new law might be an issue, is if somebody works night shifts - then it might be a bit awkward to buy alcohol, although I imagine you'd just go after work when they open in the morning?

[GommeInc]

The lock out idea makes sense if it is focused on areas where it is a problem, if it's a total lock out in the city then that is unfair on people who drink responsibly although hopefully these people are smart enough and will therefore know just to buy it earlier. It shouldn't be permanent if the crime rates drop so significantly that a lesson is learned. You may as well treat these people as children if they can't comprehend why their actions are wrong