Remember the old saying "Instant dickhead, just add alcohol"? the idiots doing all the violence and glassing have been raised to have no fear of the consequences of anything they do, they just don't care. They know if they end up in front of a Judge, the worst that will happen is they will get a slap on the wrist.
Ok so I'm getting on in years, but when I was a kid in the 60's and early 70's in rural NSW if you screwed up you got a right arse kicking from the local police sergeant, and when your friends and family found out you felt this thing called "shame"
It was called "anti-social behaviour", and it was YOUR fault if you did it.
Added to this is the agenda of the Police, wanting both more power and resources, a major issue here in the state of political incompetence bordering on corruption, and the hysteria press trying to sell copy by sensationalising all this stuff and you have a real mess. I am fed up with having to see public policy constantly working with the lowest common denominator.
Rather than enforce the law, and maybe jail a few people and take a popularity hit, we see public policy take the easy solution and say prohibit glass in pubs, FFS, most stuff people drink in pubs comes outta glass be it draught beer, wine or mixed spirits, or pre-mix. What ever happened to the idea of people going out to a pub or club and having a fun time?
If I ever go into a bar that serves drinks in plastic before 8-9pm, I'm outta there, we have lost the plot, Cheerz Wabster
