Comments on: Basra bans alcohol http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/07/basra-bans-alcohol/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: davidbroberts http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/07/basra-bans-alcohol/#comment-2468 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:52:38 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1773#comment-2468 That’s a great point.

Advanced, no. Inclusive, yes. The decision is far more a sign of the way that the governorate wants to be perceived as opposed to a decision on alcohol itself.

]]> By: madswestberg http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/07/basra-bans-alcohol/#comment-2467 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:31:09 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1773#comment-2467 Is allowing alcohol really the correct yardstick for judging whether a society is “inclusive and advanced”? It seems to me that the only reasons why alcohol is not banned in Western societies are historic and cultural and not connected to any kind of liberal enlightenment values. The harms of alcohol are after all far worse than the harms of drugs such as ecstasy, khat and cannabis according to the scientists (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5230006.stm)

]]> By: davidbroberts http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/07/basra-bans-alcohol/#comment-2459 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1773#comment-2459 Not unless they’ve made it infinitely easier to cross the border. I remember angry UN troops shooing people away before anyone got anywhere near the border. Besides, Kuwaitis have alcohol on tap back in Kuwait. No need to go to ‘evil’ Iraq for it, I’d have thought.

]]> By: zaydoun http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/07/basra-bans-alcohol/#comment-2458 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:42:50 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1773#comment-2458 Probably targeted in equal measure at thirsty Kuwaitis south of the border

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