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    Default 2am Curfew

    This thread is mainly directed at the other Scots, but who else thinks that a 2am curfew is completely retarded? I am not entirely sure about England or the other UK nations ie Northenr Ireland and Wales, but in Scotland we have an entirely retarded way of trying to control drunken violence and the most annoying one at present is the 2am curfew, town usually shuts at 3am in Scotland on Fridays and Saturdays but a stupid new law has recently been imposed that means that anyone who is outside of a nightclub at 2am won't be allowed back in anywhere even if they were just in it at say, 1:50am. Nightclubs shut at the usual time of 3am but anyone outside is not allowed back in, that means no going to the bank to get more money out or to the shop to buy food or cigarettes. This has led to quite a deal more drunken violence as people get annoyed at having been turned away from nightclubs that they were just in even though the clubs are open for another hour, and given how incompetent the Scottish police are at actually preventing crime (you have to actually have been victimised before the police will even consider doing anything) this curfew seems entirely unncecessary. So, who else thinks that there should be a 2am curfew in Scotland even though the nightclubs shut at 3am? Feel free to cast your opinion even if you are not Scottish or residing in Scotland atm.

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    We have the same in Norway, all Night-club shuts down at 2am or something. This leads to evert drunkard being bailed out on the street at the same time. INSTANT SUCCESS! (if you want maximum amount of fights, that is)
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    Curfews are stupid and end up causing exponential growth in the violence they are meant to end...


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    They never let anyone in clubs in the last hour, nothing new there.
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    No on general principals. Curfews go against everything I believe to be the rights of the people.

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    Default Re: 2am Curfew

    Bars close at 2am in Pennsylvania, United States.
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    Curfews just rank of giving the police something to do at that time of night more than anything.
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    Curfews assume that a given government basically owns its people and can be their parents at all times. Bother that nonsense.
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    No curfews where I live, (Mexico City), nightclubs usually close around 5am, but there are some that close early and some that are for after hours parties (they open around 1am and close early in the morning).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monarchist View Post
    Curfews assume that a given government basically owns its people and can be their parents at all times. Bother that nonsense.
    Well i seem to agree with you on civil rights issues to an extent.

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    Default Re: 2am Curfew

    i think all people in the UK should have a curfew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boyar Son View Post
    i think all people in the UK should have a curfew.
    You mean because we're not almighty Americans like you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysimachus View Post
    You mean because we're not almighty Americans like you?
    curfew would be good for the UK. 11:00 pm. businesses included, too.

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    Get a room. People party and drink in to the early hours of the morning, and having a curfew that's my ****ing bedtime would cause anarchy

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    They will drink in the day time. night time is meant for sleeping. matter of fact make the curfew 10:00 pm.

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    I just want to note, PA doesn't have a 2am curfew but that is just when the bars are closed by law.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Future Redleg Officer View Post
    I just want to note, PA doesn't have a 2am curfew but that is just when the bars are closed by law.
    Same here in North Carolina.

    You have to leave the bars at 2, but you can go anywhere you want after that. Including to the nearby convenience store for more beer.
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    Default Re: 2am Curfew

    So now it makes sense why I always hear rummaging through my garbage around 2AM, because that's when local bars close...and there are quite a few here.

    Curfew laws however are, retarded. "Halt, your paperz please"

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    i dont know what that is so i voted "no"

    nah just kidding, didint vote

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    Default Re: 2am Curfew

    Maybe I'm missing something but I fail to see how being drunk at 3am is any worse than being drunk at 1am.

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