Another San Diego area beach has declared a beach ban on alcohol consumption. I'm kind of tired of crying over the beach ban and I had prepared myself for it for years, but I do have a problem with the geriatric view the media has on the subject. Here's the article on Del Mar's new ban (which you might notice was put into effect at such a late date that the public can not possibly petition to have it overturned before this holiday weekend. Here are a couple of my favorite excerpts:
"In January, the San Diego City Council adopted a one-year trial ban on alcohol at coastal parks and beaches, ending a privilege that most coastal cities in the county had eliminated years ago. "
This is commonly mentioned in any news piece regarding bans, as in the idea of drinking on the beach is such an archaic notion that it boggles the mind people could have been living that way for so long. No note is made of how nearly every ban on every beach had been strongly opposed until the city powers that be were able to wear down the opposition with constant legislation, forcing the people to petition every couple of years and then reiterate their stance through voting.
"Young adults began showing up and putting kegs of beer inside tents erected on the beach. They organized drinking games like those seen on videos of college students gone wild during spring break."
Um, yeah, I think it's safe to say that the writer here is at least 80 years old and would like you to vacate their lawn post haste.
2 comments:
Now that tourists have made S.D. nice and rich, it is time to start squashing their fun. Of course I am sure they think that banning booze will make the tourist industry even stronger.
It's hard to justify selling a condo on the beach for $3 million if you've got locals ,showing butt crack and downing tall boys while throwing horseshoes, screwing up your ocean view.
The bars and restaurants will enjoy the extra business as well. Money makes the world go around.
The greatest irony is that one of the most commonly cited reasons for the ban is that it forces our PD to expend huge resources on policing the beach areas during summer, while the police chief himself has gone on record as saying that it will likely be far more difficult to police what are sure to be many more house parties throughout beach neighborhoods.
Also, never mind the fact that more people will be getting whiskey drunk out of Big Gulp cups on the beach itself. Sweet whiskey violence is the best kind.
Again, this move was purely financially motivated.
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