It seems there are many groups of activists pushing for a ban on sales of alcohol these days. It has become more and more prevalent over the past few years, with pressure groups and anti-alcohol campaigners pushing for evermore days where alcohol sales are prohibited.

 

A big reason why I initially moved here was the freedoms and liberal nature expressed by a lot of the population, but we seem to be going backwards now.. 

 

Would you still live here if they outright banned the sale/use of alcohol tomorrow? I'd have to look elsewhere I think.

I almost never drink so I would not really care about it. I could live without legal weed so i can live without legal alcohol too.

Alcohol is over rated

2 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

Alcohol is over rated

be nice to have a cold pint at the end of a long day though? no?

If they made Shisha legal (as in middle east)  yes easily!

Thai beer definition "Your horse has diabetes!"

1 minute ago, Boomhauer said:

be nice to have a cold pint at the end of a long day though? no?

Last time I had a pint or any alcoholic drink was in an English pub last year while I was on a holiday there. I spent a good 20 years trying to drink myself into oblivion on a daily basis before i wised up a few years ago and decided moderation was better than obliteration. I still drink, but now normally only if its an occassion like a visit somewhere. I find self control easier to manage than totally abstaining and I dont begrudge people who want to drink daily, its just their lifestyle choice.

5 minutes ago, Boomhauer said:

be nice to have a cold pint at the end of a long day though? no?

No... not everyone needs it. I certainly don't. Taste wise beer is crap (almost all beer IMHO) give me a nice mango juice or something like that with crushed ice. 

 

I know not a popular reply but taste wise I never liked beer not even when I was young. I just drank it to get drunk and after a few beers you don't taste the bad taste anymore. 

 

Can't say I ever drank beer for the taste. 

 

I know I am a small minority that does not like the taste of it. I like the effect of alcohol at times.. but the taste.. nope.

Just now, Aussieroaming said:

Last time I had a pint or any alcoholic drink was in an English pub last year while I was on a holiday there. I spent a good 20 years trying to drink myself into oblivion on a daily basis before i wised up a few years ago and decided moderation was better than obliteration. I still drink, but now normally only if its an occassion like a visit somewhere. I find self control easier to manage than totally abstaining and I dont begrudge people who want to drink daily, its just their lifestyle choice.

Indeed its a lifestyle choice and why begrudge those who drink. Their life as long as they don't start bar fights or other nuisance and don't drink and drive I could not care less. 

 

Most drinkers just enjoy their beers and that is it.. no problem with people like that.

1 minute ago, robblok said:

No... not everyone needs it.

So, should it be banned outright because some people dont need it? Why should others suffer and have liberties snatched away because a few dont like it? Doesn't make much sense to me.

No

An outright alcohol ban would probably destroy all local male starting motivation.

2 minutes ago, Boomhauer said:

So, should it be banned outright because some people dont need it? Why should others suffer and have liberties snatched away because a few dont like it? Doesn't make much sense to me.

That's not what he said.

Dont drink the stuff, wouldnt bother me in the slightest, each to their own. I can never understand those that get upset/bothered when for one reason or another they close for 1 or two days and they seem to almost panic!

Just now, Vacuum said:

That's not what he said.

Ok, sorry. I misunderstood.

12 minutes ago, Boomhauer said:

but we seem to be going backwards now.. 

 

Would you still live here if they outright banned the sale/use of alcohol tomorrow? I'd have to look elsewhere I think.

Firstly :- Backwards !!  A bit of an extreme notion if you ask me a ban on sales of alcohol has been about a long time but has never stopped anyone from buying a beer. 

Secondly :-  Will never happen until museys get control of Thailand, if it did I'd brew my own.????

I do like a cold one after a long day, particularly one on a hot, dusty (or muddy in the wet season), noisy construction site.

 

I managed several months in Ahmedabad, India which is dry. I didn't die but the first one when I got home .... bliss!

 

So, no, I would still be alive and I would still be here. But, realistically, I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

Already near priced out of the wine market with lunatic cartel prices ????

11 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Dont drink the stuff, wouldnt bother me in the slightest, each to their own. I can never understand those that get upset/bothered when for one reason or another they close for 1 or two days and they seem to almost panic!

I am one of those that panic. I need to drink everyday. Not much mind you, just a bottle or two does me but I still need it every day.

1 minute ago, Boomhauer said:

I am one of those that panic. I need to drink everyday. Not much mind you, just a bottle or two does me but I still need it every day.

LMAO

Just now, Boomhauer said:

I am one of those that panic. I need to drink everyday. Not much mind you, just a bottle or two does me but I still need it every day.

Just plan ahead an there is no panic, we even have a calender in the Pub forum showing non-alcohol days.

 

Each to their own.

9 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I do like a cold one after a long day, particularly one on a hot, dusty (or muddy in the wet season), noisy construction site.

 

I managed several months in Ahmedabad, India which is dry. I didn't die but the first one when I got home .... bliss!

 

So, no, I would still be alive and I would still be here. But, realistically, I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

 

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

Just plan ahead an there is no panic, we even have a calender in the Pub forum showing non-alcohol days.

 

Each to their own.

my point was that they are constantly adding more and more days as each year passes! at this rate I will have to stock 365 days worth of booze in my fridge just in case.

I found it easy to give up drinking here, not tea-total at all but drink rarely (and selectively) as any Thai beer is - in my opinion - terrible. Insipid, cheap and nasty like Carling in the UK, brewed for profit, not taste.

 

Also, I love red wine but have not bought a bottle for years, as paying 10 times the price the country of origin retails the same wine is unthinkable. Insulting and everyone should boycott wine until it changes.

 

I also like whisky and other spirits but the chances of getting poured fake stuff also worries me, ever since I saw the 'factory' they bust in the south, with thousands of bottles and fake Johnny Walker labels. Who knows what the xxxx goes into these bottles.

 

If you have never liked any beer, it's very likely you have never been to Dublin and sampled gallons of Guinness, the king of all beers ????

2 minutes ago, ParadiseLost said:

 

 

Also, I love red wine but have not bought a bottle for years, as paying 10 times the price the country of origin retails the same wine is unthinkable. Insulting and everyone should boycott wine until it changes.

 

 

Makro has some decent red wine in at the moment. 250 baht, Australian.

24 minutes ago, Boomhauer said:

So, should it be banned outright because some people dont need it? Why should others suffer and have liberties snatched away because a few dont like it? Doesn't make much sense to me.

You mean like weed?

Just now, Boomhauer said:

Makro has some decent red wine in at the moment. 250 baht, Australian.

Yes, retail price in Australia 5.99 - hardly a fine wine sir ????????

Dont worry the Mom and Pop stores would still sell it

3 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Dont worry the Mom and Pop stores would still sell it

I'm not sure they would if it was suddenly outlawed overnight. Then it would be akin to them selling illegal drugs.. all it takes is a few more negative news stories involving alcohol in the thai news media and we could be looking down the barrel at a dry future.

People tend to think alcohol is cheap in Thailand, but there is good reason not many Thais drink a lot, if you equate prices to the average income level it gets quite scary just how expensive it is compared to Europe, UK etc...

 

Average income 10,000 per month for common everyday workers, wanting a cold one. Average beer from Tesco etc 200bt for 6.

 

Disposable income 20% (if they are lucky) - 2,000 baht per month. If lover of beer, can buy roughly 60 beers, no entertainment, travel, women...

 

In Europe average income 3,000, average beer from supermarket 8 Euro for 6

 

Disposable income 600 Euro, can buy 75 (much, much better) beers... ????

It probably wouldn't be enough in itself to make me leave, but I certainly would not initially move anywhere with a rule like that. If they have a rule like that, you can be sure they have many other ridiculous rules that are even worse.