Britain not quite as bad as the USA - maybe

codprawn · 02 April 2007, 04:37

Just watched Beach Patrol from San Diego - it seems fun is just as illegal over there!!!

The Police have nothing better to do than chase topless women off the beaches and stop people from drinking booze.

I couldn't believe the way they treated some 16 and 17 yr old girls who were having a beach party. They were decent girls just having fun - no trouble or fighting or anything. The girls were arrested and charged - they even had their driving licences taken off them - for drinking on a beach!!! The cops attitudes stunned me - weren't THEY ever young once???

Tony Blair has done his best to ban fun in this country but even our Police aren't quite that bad!!!

pathalla · 02 April 2007, 13:27

If they were underage that is a big no no over here... So is drinking in a public place, you need to be in a bar or restaurant with a license or on private property...
The U.S isn't pefect Cod, far from it.
A lot of laws are revenue generators.. problem is a few stupid people do stupid things... next thing you know a stupid politician is putting another law in effect which affects everyone, sound familiar?

prairie tuber · 03 April 2007, 02:22

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Originally Posted by codprawn

The Police have nothing better to do than chase topless women off the beaches and stop people from drinking booze.

Yup.

You knew you were going to get one of these...

So here it is;

limeydal · 03 April 2007, 04:45

yep, can ge a little severe!
The drinking age is 21 over and is a serious offense to break the law; especially in public.
Even more so , as during spring break here a few years ago , the partying on the beach escalated into a full riot. Properties damaged,cars burned etc.. so they have really clamped down on it hard.
Most of the year San Diego is a pretty laid back place;however on Spring break(read big excuse to get drunk and laid

) the camera crews on this show made it seem a little bawdy and excessive.
Are you getting the full season of this show or just one you pulled of the web?
cheers Dal

codprawn · 03 April 2007, 05:01

I think it must be the full season - saw it on a cable channel. Are you in any of them???

jyasaki · 03 April 2007, 18:21

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Originally Posted by codprawn

I couldn't believe the way they treated some 16 and 17 yr old girls who were having a beach party. They were decent girls just having fun - no trouble or fighting or anything. The girls were arrested and charged - they even had their driving licences taken off them - for drinking on a beach!!!

Drinking age is 21 in California. Voting age is 18. Go figure.

In truth, there is a big push against underage drinking, in order to protect these kids from themselves (actually, working at a community college, I can see why...)

The "in" thing right now is for groups to push for laws limiting activities that they deem inappropriate, in order to promote a "Morally Healthier America". Kind of odd considering that America was built on the premise of personal freedoms. Oh, well...

jky

codprawn · 03 April 2007, 18:41

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Originally Posted by jyasaki

Drinking age is 21 in California. Voting age is 18. Go figure.

In truth, there is a big push against underage drinking, in order to protect these kids from themselves (actually, working at a community college, I can see why...)

The "in" thing right now is for groups to push for laws limiting activities that they deem inappropriate, in order to promote a "Morally Healthier America". Kind of odd considering that America was built on the premise of personal freedoms. Oh, well...

jky

It's a bit like the USA having the biggest porn industry in thw world and yet going nuts when Janet Jackson popped out!!!

The danger of being so strict on kids drinking booze is that they may well turn to other things......

jyasaki · 03 April 2007, 21:22

They do.

jky

pathalla · 03 April 2007, 22:14

Like boating?

limeydal · 04 April 2007, 00:26

Codprawn,
I was on scene at two of the shoots.
The first was a boat sinking offshore at Point Loma and you see me in the distance as the camera boat closes in.(dont blink!!)
The second was for a drunken PWC driver with an obnoxious passenger.
Both times I think they edited me out of the footage ,as it would have displayed my website on the RIB.
The camera crew hung out with the lifeguard boats as you can see in the photos.
The last image is for Prairie tuber who wont read anything unless it has naked drunk girls on it

It's tough work being on the water with a camera

cheers Dal

prairie tuber · 04 April 2007, 03:47

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Originally Posted by limeydal

Codprawn,
The last image is for Prairie tuber who wont read anything unless it has naked drunk girls on it

cheers Dal

Peter J · 04 April 2007, 13:55

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Originally Posted by jyasaki

Kind of odd considering that America was built on the premise of personal freedoms. Oh, well...

jky

Unless you were a slave at the time and for the subsequent 90 years.

jyasaki · 04 April 2007, 16:58

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Originally Posted by Peter J

Unless you were a slave at the time and for the subsequent 90 years.

Well, my parents and grandparents were incarcerated during WWII. Still doesn't change the country's foundation.

Didn't say things were perfect.

jky

Tomas · 10 April 2007, 13:29

In the Virgin Islands some laws exist but few are enforced. I've observed over the years that in spite of letting people do pretty much what they care to do here, crime, disorder and general lack of civility is either less or at worst about the same as on the continentent where every effort is made to regulate morality and behavior of all sorts.

I think I'll grab a fresh beer and ride to the store on my lawn mower to buy some fish hook.

Tomas

codprawn · 10 April 2007, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Tomas

In the Virgin Islands some laws exist but few are enforced. I've observed over the years that in spite of letting people do pretty much what they care to do here, crime, disorder and general lack of civility is either less or at worst about the same as on the continentent where every effort is made to regulate morality and behavior of all sorts.

I think I'll grab a fresh beer and ride to the store on my lawn mower to buy some fish hook.

Tomas

Thats the way it should be - good for you!!!