Thailand’s new government’s latest brain wave to curb the horrendous amount of alcohol people drink is to ban all forms of advertising.
First thoughts it seems to be a good idea. Then you get down to the nitty gritty. Is selling beer in a 7/11 advertising? What about ESPN who shows football with the lead sponsor of Tiger Beer. It seems that ESPN are thinking of pulling the plug on Thailand as far as football goes. This will send more people to drink as there isn’t a lot more to do on a Saturday night.
Keeping on the football ting. Yesterday I watched the highlights of the Liverpool Champions League game. Behind the goals was a Carlsberg sign which was pixelled out, also obscuring the goals, and all Liverpool players in close up shots were blanked out because of their sponsor. That makes me laugh because what will happen when Liverpool play Everton live, both have beer sponsors (One Thai Beer). The guy on the blanking machine will have a stroke.
Maybe instead of getting rid of advertising, the price of beer and whisky should be put up. When a bottle of Johnnie Walker is only £6 a bottle and beer 30p, it’s no wonder people drink themselves to a stupor most nights.
First thoughts it seems to be a good idea. Then you get down to the nitty gritty. Is selling beer in a 7/11 advertising? What about ESPN who shows football with the lead sponsor of Tiger Beer. It seems that ESPN are thinking of pulling the plug on Thailand as far as football goes. This will send more people to drink as there isn’t a lot more to do on a Saturday night.
Keeping on the football ting. Yesterday I watched the highlights of the Liverpool Champions League game. Behind the goals was a Carlsberg sign which was pixelled out, also obscuring the goals, and all Liverpool players in close up shots were blanked out because of their sponsor. That makes me laugh because what will happen when Liverpool play Everton live, both have beer sponsors (One Thai Beer). The guy on the blanking machine will have a stroke.
Maybe instead of getting rid of advertising, the price of beer and whisky should be put up. When a bottle of Johnnie Walker is only £6 a bottle and beer 30p, it’s no wonder people drink themselves to a stupor most nights.
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