Ok the by-laws on liquor...what BS is that? I am a one to ask that there should exist some kind of control on the liqour usage in this country but I think the policy makers in Zille-ville are on crack and have a dealer on speed dial, thats the only explanation I can give for not allowing us non-crackers for drinking our hard earned money past 2 am and before 11am in the morning in restuarants and bars...
These are simple implications for me, a hard working civilian. The restriction on simply enjoying friendhsip bonding between pints of beer, listening to some cool music and dancing the night away. I am quick to point out that the only way I seem not to be consumed by all kinds of rubbish prevalent in this city is when I am pissed out of my mind in the city.
The social implications are also just as crappy, dancing and hanging out with folks is by far the best past time for most working class community. We take this time as seriously as we do voting. I can bet that some will go and vote her out simply because she has taken their favourite let-me -hang-lose time from them.
At 4am in the morning, any waiter will tell you ( and I know this because I was one for four days) that I tip very well in that case. If someone can wait on me untill that time, they surely deserve more than a handshake...Implication: waiters might as well forget about their careers and go ask for social welfare because they won't be making any more money...
Now let me get to the fat-bellied owner of the bar who has a Cliffton mansion to maintain and a fleet of expensive cars: he also has a right to my money to maintain the 21 year old girl whose name he can't remember. He has the right to squezzeeeeee me dry untill I make a nuisance of myself and start dancing on the table. THAT FAT MAN HAS A RIGHT ZILLE AND HE WON'T BE VOTING FOR YOU ANYMORE....instead he will be voting for Malema to be the new political head in the city. Because unlike you, Malema would not only get rid of these BS by-laws, he will be throwing lavish parties in these establishment and telling the neighbours that they are "Bloody Agents" if they complain...
If I am still not making sense, which I never do because before 11am I am forced to drink out of my flask and therefore end up binging, I am simply saying Zille is hanging herself this time. We forgave her for the roof-less toilets, because we were too tired of un-released crap. We forgave for ridding the city of the street people who provided us crack heads with pot and tik, simply bacause we realised a simple phone call will provide us with a months supply and hance bulk pruchasing...We even forgave her for her marriage to 'phuza-face' De Lille, but this is one thing we are not going to forgive her for....THE RIGHT TO RUIN OUR LIVES AND DRINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN...OUR RIGHT TO JUMP ON TOP OF A TABLE AND DO A PARIS HILTON WITHOUT OUR NICKERS ON...
I WILL TAKE THIS TO THE STREET MADAM ZILLE, IF BEING IN ZILLE-VILLE MEANS I HAVE TO BE SOBER AT ALL TIME.
and then she has the nerve to tell us the ANC is pushing a communist agenda, who s being a communist now, Zillicious? dictating how I should waste the peanuts you pay me....NXA MAAAAN
as a foreign black person unwillingly resident in south africa [and is this where i mention that south africa is the "advanced" country not because of what the white people did, but because malaria and yellow fever were never an issue], i think this post is really sad.
ReplyDeletewhile i think that the law in question you are railing against is a complete and utter piece of crap and can and will be very easily circumvented -- any sober businessman would know how, which is why the NGK and muslim cliques STILL run everything nearly 17 years into "freedom". they've already made plans around it so just quit your whining and you will see how they've planned.
but really, what has the free flow of liquor given us? a country of bizarrely short people [because of a) fetal alcohol syndrome and b) parents who buy booze instead of food], one of the highest murder rates in the world, one of the highest numbers of road accidents in the world, and a few other social ills.
however, the police are so inept at actually stopping alcohol-fuelled violence and drunk drivers that the politicians feel they have no choice but to go after the sources of the alcohol. miskien as pappa het vir ons vir 5 jare gewag, ons wou nie dié kak wet hê nie. but that's not the case.
personally, i think what the western cape legislature should have done is to permit pagad and other vigilante groups to have breathalyzer tests along the roads and people who fail them should have their left leg broken if they are driving a manual car, or both legs broken if driving an automatic. but then again, i believe that drunk drivers should be dealt with violently.
what will happen, and you have been too dense to notice, is that there will be an increase of the number of "private clubs" and "house parties" which will not have to follow this 2am law. this pretty much will make things *worse*, not *better*. have you looked at the companies' register lately to see if bars are trying to change their status to circumvent the law? it isn't exactly rocket science that one would do that.
the people who are complaining the loudest about this law are those with an inability to think big. note how few bar owners are actually howling as loud as people who actually do the drinking -- they've figured out how to get around it. but just need to get people on board.
maybe on sunday or monday i'll make a post regarding my opinions on this law. there are a lot of knock-on effects which you didn't consider [this post has been a "me-me-me-what is this law going to do to me" type of thing], but it's going to cause more problems than it "solves". the businessmen know it and they are merely just going to wait out the politicians, who will come around.