A few quite ones 

On a weekend, many of us enjoy a sociable drink at the pub or at home and by now we are used to having it at a reasonable price without standing at the bar to wait for it if that is our choice and to avoid such a annoyance, we go to the off licence or liquor store.

Even though most of us drink responsibly some of us sure as hell don't  and as a result ruins the night of others behaving like fools or the scum of the earth and just outright kill the mood of a magical, evening by punching a bystander or jumping on their car when stationary or in motion.

There is no denying binge drinking and drunken behavior are a problem, but they have always been in this article I shall be talking about why it is the problem it is using my native Ireland as, a case study and looking at the very recent decision of the Tory government in England to deal with compulsive drinking in England.

I shall assess whether there are reasons from my own native country's history for binge drinking and whether the UK governments' response is the correct way to address the issue or just a recipe, for punishing those of us who just like the odd pint.

In Ireland, the pint of Guinness is much a part of Irish DNA as anything but we Irish have always been portrayed as the drunken Irish man who slaps the wife into a corner after too many drinks, perhaps unfairly.

If you look at Irish history perhaps we have reason more than most to drink for 800 years, we were under British rule, and this perhaps does not explain our aversion towards a pint of plain but on a psychological, level if you consider the many losses the Irish suffered land, self-respect and banishment to peripheral land in what was once their own country it may not be entirely, unfair to say as people we may have turned to drink to escape the hardship of life.

As if we look at life on a personal basis, we ourselves have turned to drink to escape harsh realities or to make ourselves  feel somewhat better so my previous claim while may not be, the true cause of Ireland's drinking as drinking to excess continued in more prosperous times recently.

This, however, is proof perhaps as a country. we Irish are just predisposed to drinking more than others and perhaps drink problems should be addressed on a cultural basis rather than with sweeping evasive legislation.

The Tory government's idea of minimum alcohol pricing in which a price of 40p per unit will be brought in along with other legislation banning multiple bottles of wine for 10 pounds and a levy, on bars and clubs to pay for policing.

On a foundation of principle, I have no problem with the state trying to combat binge drinking but looking at the proposed legislation straight away as a Libertarian, I can see the unfairness of punishing, more moderate drinkers because of those who abuse alcohol, why should people who just want a beer or bottle of wine for a dinner party be punished because some people, get pissed and break windows?

Rather than go into a whole ethical debate, I will just say the reason it is strike  one against the UK government's plans in my opinion on an economic basis a levy on pubs and clubs to pay for policing, is a job killer in the industry as it will more than likely put people off going out to them if they are faced with higher costs.

Some clubs will be bigger drawers of a crowd than others because of important reasons such as price or entertainment, and this legislation will become critical as it forces many who cannot, compete to close causing job losses.

More important is the moral principle of if we let the state interfere in private business matters and personal lives are. Where will it stop? Once a precedent of trying to make the citizens behave, in a certain way through the jack boot of parliament trying to rule what we do and at what price we must pay to do something.

The question I think is are we were really free to do as we please without the state acting like our Daddy? Overall, I think the law will be a failure and is a bandage to cover gaping, social and cultural, cancers like mental illness and personal trauma as most people want drink because of price but rather abuse drink to escape brutal truths in their own personal realms while others just want to get pissed and will do so buying bootleg alcohol  on the black market.