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Since I actually read the article, rather than parroting preconceived cowardice about "unsavoury types", I don't have to make this false choice: > Bravely, his
by stupidcar 11y ago
Since I actually read the article, rather than parroting preconceived cowardice about "unsavoury types", I don't have to make this false choice:
> Bravely, his government had first tried to tamp down the issue with cold facts: statistics showed drunken violence was actually decreasing, by almost 40% according to some estimates, and the culture of small bars was starting to sap violent drinking away from the city.
- gradstudent 11y agoI read the article. I also read the police statistics. Have you? But anyway, two specific points: 1. Small bars are exempt from the laws: http://www.nsw.gov.au/newlaws http://www.nsw.gov.au/newlaws 2. In the 10+ years I've known Sydney I did not notice much change in the late night character of King's Cross; certainly not enough to make believe the culture of drugs, drunks, prostitution and violence is going away all by itself. The fact that the laws were introduced in the first place is testament to that.