Comments on: Duty of care http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/ The place to put your beer down Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BeerMatt http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-315 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:38:59 +0000 http://beermatt.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-315 Prof – if all publicans were like you and all drinkers like Greig (and most of the readers of this blog…or in fact, like most people) there would be little problem. Unfortunately, its good restaurants and healthy drinkers who will be caught in the net as governments feel compelled to act to be seen to be doing something.

]]> By: Greig McGill http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-314 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:32:11 +0000 http://beermatt.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-314 Is there a libertarian party in Aussie? Start voting! ;)

]]> By: Prof. Pilsner http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-313 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:32:05 +0000 http://beermatt.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-313 Maybe the time has come for people to begin acting like a ‘society’ again? As it is pretty rare for a bloke to walk into a pub alone and get himself sheizen-faced (in which case he’s also easier to monitor) we will hopefully see an increase in mates looking after each other?

Keeping your mates in check is as valuable a skill as is regulating your own behaviour. In 20 odd years of hospitality, I can say that some of the most memorable incidents have involved blokes making sure that the one who is getting worse for wear is kept away from the bar, kept out of the shout or taken home.

Maybe I’m jus dreaming … it would be nice to see though!

Cheers
Prof. Pilsner

]]> By: BeerMatt http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-312 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:07:26 +0000 http://beermatt.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-312 I know Grieg, but “It sucks, but it’s reality” has never gone over well with politicians. Wishing them not to act is like wishing back the tide, especially when the High Court judgement seems to be saying that their Responsible Service of Alcohol requirements are pretty much unenforceable. I see a bad moon arisin’, I see trouble on the way.

]]> By: Greig McGill http://beermatt.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-311 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:49:18 +0000 http://beermatt.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/duty-of-care/#comment-311 It’s a tricky one alright Matt. Lots of debate happening here in NZ also, initiated by wowser-in-chief, Geoffrey Palmer. Horrible as it seems, I really do believe that individual responsibility and accountability is the only way forward. I know it seems difficult, especially when you look at the drink driving issue, but if people are stupid enough to drink and drive, no amount of law is going to stop them doing so. It sucks, but it’s reality. Better enforcement of existing law is the answer, not creation of more.

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