UK To Ban Pint Glass

**Sol Invictus** · 11-01-2009, 11:29 PM

An older article so it may or may not have been reported on earlier.

August 24 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-assaults.html

Last orders have been called for the traditional pint glass, after the Government deemed them too dangerous to handle.

The Home Office has called in a team of designers to create a safer beer glass in a bid to reduce the number of violent assaults.

Pint glasses made from safety or shatterproof glass, have been introduced into pubs and clubs around Britain recently.

The popular shaped glasses are easy to stack and have a bulge below the rim to prevent them from chipping.

However, there are still around 87,000 violent incidents involving glassware each year, which costs an annual estimate of £100m in NHS, police and court costs.

**Piparskeggr** · 11-01-2009, 11:38 PM

Another one of those news items that cause me to bruise my palm from overly rapid contact with my forehead.

**~~SwordoftheVistula~~** · 11-02-2009, 02:17 AM

OK, crimes are not the fault of criminals, it's "guns", then "knives", and now "pint glasses". Soon enough, nobody in that country will be allowed to own anything not made out of nerf material.

**anonymaus** · 11-02-2009, 02:19 AM

Originally Posted by SwordoftheVistula

OK, crimes are not the fault of criminals, it's "guns", then "knives", and now "pint glasses". Soon enough, nobody in that country will be allowed to own anything not made out of nerf material.

Artificial materials are bad for the GHS. (Gaia Gealth Service)

**Barreldriver** · 11-02-2009, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by SwordoftheVistula

OK, crimes are not the fault of criminals, it's "guns", then "knives", and now "pint glasses". Soon enough, nobody in that country will be allowed to own anything not made out of nerf material.

I love nerf material.

**Lahtari** · 11-02-2009, 02:26 AM

The key to understanding this order is here:

However, there are still around 87,000 violent incidents involving glassware each year, which costs an annual estimate of £100m in NHS, police and court costs.

Hey, if you were a dairy farmer, wouldn't you do anything to prevent your production animals from hurting each other and theirselves? They're supposed to generate you profit, after all..

**Sol Invictus** · 11-02-2009, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by Lahtari

Hey, if you were a dairy farmer, wouldn't you do anything to prevent your production animals from hurting each other and theirselves? They're supposed to generate you profit, after all..

Quite appropriate that you use the analogy of a farm handler (referring to cattle, or sheep) in this regard.

**~~Eldritch~~** · 11-02-2009, 02:52 AM

What's next? Only drinking out of paper cups? All furniture in pubs must be bolted to the floor? The walls have to be padded? All decor must be in soothing shades of beige and orange?

**~~SwordoftheVistula~~** · 11-02-2009, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by Lahtari

The key to understanding this order is here:

Hey, if you were a dairy farmer, wouldn't you do anything to prevent your production animals from hurting each other and theirselves? They're supposed to generate you profit, after all..

Yes, that's the problem with establishing a government-run health care system, they can't resist the temptation to ban all manner of things which they think might possibly lead to increased costs for their system. The seperation of state and commerce (including the provision of services such as health care) is even more crucial to maintaining individual freedom than the seperation of state and church.