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England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-are-not-free-to-drink-the-beer dept.

dptalia writes "In an effort to reduce alcohol related violence, England is rolling out mandatory fingerprinting of all pub patrons. If a pub owner refuses to comply with the new system, and fails to show 'considerable' reductions in alcohol-related crimes, they will lose their license. Supposedly the town that piloted this program had a 48% reduction in alcohol-related crime." From the article: "Offenders can be banned from one pub or all of them for a specified time - usually a period of months - by a committee of landlords and police called Pub Watch. Their offenses are recorded against their names in the fingerprint system. Bradburn noted the system had a 'psychological effect' on offenders."

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  1. I 3 Constitution by Living+Ghost · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank god for inalienable rights!

  2. Re:Interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Taliban do not typically frequent American pubs/bars...

  3. Mod parent down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Seems lots of people across the pond love to quote 1984 and make references to Big Brother about nearly every single political story about the United States.

    +5, Insightful? What the hell is this? "Seems a lot of Americans like to make unsubstantiated claims about people in other countries."

    (Well, parent poster and the President, anyway.)
  4. Re:Wow by ThisIsNotMyHandel · · Score: 0, Troll

    who gives a shit. if you do nothing wrong then nothing will happen. if you do someting wrong then something iwll hapen.

  5. Re:Interesting. by takeya · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cite some evidence for this statistic, which I believe you pulled out of your asshole, or stop making such claims.

    And no prison planet bullshit, a credible source please.