Recently there has been a lot in the news regarding UK's 'irresponsible' drinking culture in our society today - 24hr drinking - Charles Kennedy - Liver Disease etc....
Is it no wonder that as generations are brought up, to think that "socialising" every day in a pub is the norm?
Take last night's television for example, before the waterhsed 'kiddy viewing' ( Emerdale - Woolpack/Corronation St - Rovers/Eastenders - Queen Vic) every soap, which they are a "British Institution" or so we are led to believe, centers life around the pub and even condones under-age drinking - e.g. Stacy (17) Eastenders loosing the plot whilst drinking in a house party!
I think the television producers have a lot to answer for with regards to the state of our society today.
Surely the story writers could come up with some other situation where people interact, without the need to resort to "lets have another scene (in a pub/house) where people get drunk and fall out with each other".... but then again isn't that what Britiah people do anyway? and lets remember these programmes get aired all over Europe/the World.
It does not surprise me one little bit, that this is the view and opinion of other nations to our culture.
Please don't get me wrong I do enjoy occasional jaunts to the local and have a drink but, in modreation and not every day
Is it no wonder that as generations are brought up, to think that "socialising" every day in a pub is the norm?
Take last night's television for example, before the waterhsed 'kiddy viewing' ( Emerdale - Woolpack/Corronation St - Rovers/Eastenders - Queen Vic) every soap, which they are a "British Institution" or so we are led to believe, centers life around the pub and even condones under-age drinking - e.g. Stacy (17) Eastenders loosing the plot whilst drinking in a house party!
I think the television producers have a lot to answer for with regards to the state of our society today.
Surely the story writers could come up with some other situation where people interact, without the need to resort to "lets have another scene (in a pub/house) where people get drunk and fall out with each other".... but then again isn't that what Britiah people do anyway? and lets remember these programmes get aired all over Europe/the World.
It does not surprise me one little bit, that this is the view and opinion of other nations to our culture.
Please don't get me wrong I do enjoy occasional jaunts to the local and have a drink but, in modreation and not every day