Antisocial, societal issues thread

[Bada-Bing!]

I've said this in an above post, but Britain has a huge drinking problem and culture and has done for years. Like McTallShort said, it's not as obvious as it once was due to people now staying home and drinking as it's cheaper, but it's still there. Like an addict though, they don't see it as an issue and dismiss the thought.

Yes, and I don't think we'll change that culture it's so embedded. I've read that fewer young people are drinking but I don't know how widespread that really is. I can only tell of my own experience and none of my family are drinkers.

I was always amazed by my English friends/work colleagues who can drink like it was water and keep going. I guess it's a genetic thing. But for me it was a part of growing up and fitting in. Not that I was ever a big drinker and thankfully can now moderate.

It’s 20 years since the UK hit ‘peak booze’. The hangover is still with us

A devil-may-care culture led to the UK’s highest drinking rates. Are we now paying the price for years of excess?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mallow]

Yes, and I don't think we'll change that culture it's so embedded. I've read that fewer young people are drinking but I don't know how widespread that really is. I can only tell of my own experience and none of my family are drinkers.

I was always amazed by my English friends/work colleagues who can drink like it was water and keep going. I guess it's a genetic thing. But for me it was a part of growing up and fitting in. Not that I was ever a big drinker and thankfully can now moderate.

It’s 20 years since the UK hit ‘peak booze’. The hangover is still with us

A devil-may-care culture led to the UK’s highest drinking rates. Are we now paying the price for years of excess?

www.theguardian.com

I tend to stay away from the drinkers. They're typically not nice people tbh and incredibly narcissistic.

 

[Saintjay]

Rugby clubs and drinking will never catch on. You'd never see boat races, left handed drinking, yards of ale, pints of top shelf, iron man races, half time hip flasks etc at any rugby club I've ever been in.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

String of killings have put spotlight on adequacy of mental health care in UK

Hainault attack may be latest incident linked to mental ill-health, at a time when NHS services are struggling

www.theguardian.com

 

[Saintjay]

I agree with the Mets stance but certainly hasn't helped the NHS demand on service.

Met wins battle with NHS over not attending mental health calls

Exclusive: Sir Mark Rowley’s drive to free up police time has won out after weeks of tense talks

www.google.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Hainault sword attack: boy attended same school as victim of Nottingham stabbing

Daniel Anjorin attended Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green, where Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who died in 2023 attack, was a pupil

www.theguardian.com

What are the chances of that?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Police investigate Laurence Fox ‘upskirting’ tweet

Post featured compromising image of the broadcaster Narinder Kaur, who said she was left ‘incredibly upset’

www.theguardian.com

Could the man sink any lower?

 

[Yulia]

"Upskirting"? I've never heard about this thing before. If I understood the article correctly, someone has been photographed without clothes but she didn't know about it?

 

[Welsh Exile]

"Upskirting"? I've never heard about this thing before. If I understood the article correctly, someone has been photographed without clothes but she didn't know about it?

No, it's taking a sneaky picture up some woman's skirt without their consent. It's pretty gross.

 

[Yulia]

No, it's taking a sneaky picture up some woman's skirt without their consent. It's pretty gross.

Like at school really can't believe someone is stupid enough to do it in adult age

 

[ncurd]

Like at school really can't believe someone is stupid enough to do it in adult age

Until recently it wasn't illegal in the UK

But Fox is odious.

 

[ncurd]

Should say for those who don't know it was just an oddity of the law. Technically in a public space you could take a photo or anyone without their permission.

Vouyer laws required the person to be in a private space or place they'd expect privacy.
Sexual Assault laws required physicality.

So yeah whilst highly despicable you couldn't actually be prosecuted.

 

[Yulia]

@ncurd you shocked me. If that's not a harassment,than at least a hooliganism
Just out of curiosity: and if the person is in a swimming suit and in a hotel, can it be considered as harassment/sexual assault/hooligan behaviour and be punished if someone takes photos of such a person without her/his permission?