Just How Retarded Are Australians?

Regulating the internets? Australia seems to be all about censorship and 'decency' these days. Take this for example.

Alcohol ban for Australian town

Quote:

The town of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory has become a dry zone, with drinking banned in all public places.

[This] will ban the consumption of alcohol - also known as grog - in Aboriginal communities as part of an attempt to stamp out child abuse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6925406.stm

How can they take away a person's right to get drunk? I mean the bit about preventing child abuse seems decent, but banning alcohol is only going to make the citizens more pissed off and more likely to beat their children. This will possibly become just another way in which the aborigines will come to the realization that they have been screwed.

I have nothing against Australia, nor do I believe that such choices are indicative of intelligence but these latest moves are certainly a bit perplexing.

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Originally Posted by Decoy Goat

there's a much bigger problem in Alice Springs (which is right in the middle of about 8 several thousand kilometre wide deserts) than you're probably aware of. I don't know if anybody here has read anything about it. But the government recently basically sent in the SWAT team to stop sexual abuse of Aboriginal children.

You are certainly right. I am not terribly aware of the specifics of aboriginal culture and especially of the sex abuse which purportedly is identified with Alice Springs. However, I don't see how taking away alcohol is going to cut down on this kind of behavior. 'Prohibition' is a blanketed device which probably won't solve anything substantial... I could be wrong.

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