I could see this coming. So I stocked up

As said. It's just another way of absolute control and I think many people are getting really pi$$ed off with it now.

It's okay to fly in for a lavish party with all the big wigs but not for the peasants 

I kind of understood why they banned alcohol sales over what would have been the Songkran holidays. Along with cancelling the holidays and making public transport unavailable, it probably helped prevent social gatherings and thus the spread of the virus.

 

I just don't see any real benefit in extending the sales ban. As people need to remain locked down at home for quite some time, let them have a drink at their leisure!

 

1 hour ago, Kurtf said:

Ohh you poor poor babies. I can't imagine how you people will survive without having any alcohol drinks for a month or two. What torture. Y'all are truly pathetic.

To do it by choice is not a problem. But by my nature I will not be told what to drink or not to drink. 

I am happy for to enjoy being told what to do.

Ban on alcohol, no.

Ban on gatherings with very harsh penalties for offenders, yes.

46 minutes ago, JAG said:

First batch of quick and easy cider should be ready by the end of the week - it is looking good - "Milk of Amnesia'!

No tasting before then.

1 hour ago, Kurtf said:

Ohh you poor poor babies. I can't imagine how you people will survive without having any alcohol drinks for a month or two. What torture. Y'all are truly pathetic.

This is not about survival without alcohol.  It is about the abuse of power by someone in government.

The ban on beer is the most stupidthing to date it does not give you a virusand many people have a quite beer by themselfs doing no harm to anyone. The thai economy is one of the worsein the world and the millions it was taking in with the sale of beer is now lost. Is there anyone with brains in the thai goverment. 

The alcohol ban is a typical case of "Pak chee loy nah" in much the same way as the Thaksin imposed limits on sales (11AM - 2PM and 5PM - midnight), along with the Thaksin introduced re-enforcement of the 90-Day check-in.  It is all meant to show that something is being done to deal with a problem or perceived problem.. Politicians the world over are known for doing things like this.  Prohibition in the US is a prime example of a western version of this behavior.  I doubt it did much to reduce the virus numbers though it did hurt the sellers and the hard-core drinkers at the lower economic level who did not have the funds to stock up.  Like most bans, there were ways around it as evidenced by my Thai neighbor who, when I saw him unloading a couple of cases of Leo from his car yesterday evening, offered me a few bottles.  I am not a beer drinker, so I just smiled and declined.

Worth it if we consider important that the retarded alcoholic who drive drunk do not die.

I don't and I think it is better to let them drink until we get rid of all of them.

Buy the way, the ones smoking legal THC should also stay home !!!

 

8 hours ago, OnTheGround said:

Missing a 3rd option: Neutral.

For us in the third group, one can see the pros of a ban, less domestic violence, less crime.

However one also acknowledge that many are obviously in need of their daily alcohol comsumtion, something the many posts here on TVF has clearly demonstrated.

 

Another poll idea: beach closing and ban.

This topic has been a super Hot topic last weeks.

Not keen on your para 2. You make everyone who drinks sound like an alcoholic.

 

I think you'll find that most people are against the ban because they just enjoy a drink. It's a very sociable thing to do and is good for helping you unwind. I'm voting to remove the ban as I consider it to be pointless in preventing the spread of covid when everyone's more or less stuck at home anyway.

1 minute ago, gamesgplayemail said:

Worth it if we consider important that the retarded alcoholic who drive drunk do not die.

I don't and I think it is better to let them drink until we get rid of all of them.

Buy the way, the ones smoking legal THC should also stay home !!!

 

Gave up smoking ?.....One can usually tell.......????

Idiotic is more like it...to put it mildly. 

Depends how long for. But yes in that it takes away a need to unnecessarily be near other people (buying it), and no because people are already suffering (esp the alcies) and that might be the only thing of enjoyment they have in life. 

3 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Idiotic is more like it...to put it mildly. 

Running out of wine eh

7 hours ago, Henryford said:

I am surprised the rich Chang/Leo families are not putting pressure on the Government to lift the ban. Must be costing them a lot.

Not donating is Worse 

9 hours ago, uncleP said:

In my mind the extension of the ban is more about a display of power instead of  any benefit to public health in the current  situation.  

Yes!!! So much of this whole world wide population control is about power.

I guess if it saved lives over Songkran then it was worth it. I think ban will be released 1st May.

The bottom line is that the alcohol ban was a lazy bit of chest-puffing from very minor (often unelected) officials too lazy to enforce the rules or do anything which may seem like doing some actual work.

It is/was not the job of store owners or staff to enforce restrictions on people, that is the job of the police and other government officials who have proved themselves too useless and bone idle to be of any use to the public.

This ban wasa lazy move on behalf of the powers plain and simple, who simply didn't want the bother of having to actually enforce the guidelines. Nothing to do with restricting social gatherings, anyone who seriously believes that, knows nothing about Thailand or the Thais, they will find a way to bend the rules.

I hope there is a huge clearout of such useless bone-idle, work-shy idiots, once the crisis passes. They have proved themselves not only cowardly, but only interested in serving one person - themselves- not the public. I hope the Thai people make a show against them in the future. The country needs to root out this disease rotting the fabric of the nation, they don't seen these people making choices for them any longer, that much is clear.

Prayut is playing a blinder. I am not normally a fan of his but fair play, he has done well if the numbers are an accurate reflection of what is going on in Thailand. A similar population to the UK, but look at the difference in outcome, and in matters of health, it is outcomes that matter.

It's just a power trip.

No reason given for it's imposition...Will it benefit slowing Virus?? No proof it has, nor that it will!!

Waste of time & costly to retailers business!!

The alcohol ban is nothing but a exercise in authoritarian overreach. 

As I've said before, "What fun is power if you can't use it."  The governors "dictating" alcohol bans are in fact exercising dictatorial power pretty much because they can.  I hope these people are elected official.  Voters will let them know where they stand in the next election.

Fyi, I've no dog in this fight as I seldom indulge.  But I don't believe in this neo-prohibition that many power-junkies world-wide are now engaged in foisting on the populace. 

It had no impact to Thai night parties (these people don't care or have no respect for no rules), at least in my soy. Perhaps it just stoped 7-11 express drinkers. 

10 hours ago, uncleP said:

In my mind the extension of the ban is more about a display of power instead of  any benefit to public health in the current  situation.  

Ban alcohol or not was up to the Provincial Governors,not the government. 

7 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

The WHO is a bought and paid for Chinese joke. The Gates foundation also fits in there somewhere.

Probably Lord Lucan too...

4 hours ago, lee b said:

Its useless. Everyone I know went out and cleared the shelves before the ban kicked it. So what was the point, they are still able to drink at home even with the ban in place.

As long as they are at home and not congregating then it's a job well done.

 

3 hours ago, Thomas J said:

Scott, 

 

I could not see what the purpose of the ban was suppose to be.  In the USA many states imposed a ban but deliberately left alcohol sales intact.  Were the Thai's worried that people would just stay home, get drunk and create problems? 

I think that the US Government took lessons from the 1920's.

 

9 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

We all know that farangs drink lots of alcohol...alcohol diminishes the effects of the virus...connect the dots...????

As an example of self-interested logic, very good. Some authoritative source for the hypothesis would be more convincing.

I don't care, I can take alcohol or leave it.

I do find the wails of anguish from those who are deprived entertaining.

Now if the government banned sex, I'd be really p###ed off.

Absolutely not worth it. I am not sure how many large gatherings it has discouraged, and it has denied millions some much needed recreation, and unwinding during the zombie apocalypse. Nothing gained by it. Thailand is one of the few countries that did it, and it was wrong headed, to say the least. But, things are winding down now, and hopefully the country will re-open for business May 1st.