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FRANCE’S AGRICULTURE MINISTER unleashed a torrent of criticism from addiction experts Wednesday after claiming that wine, unlike other forms of alcohol, was rarely the cause of binge drinking.
“I don’t think wine is comparable to other alcohols,” Didier Guillaume told BFM television.
“Alcohol addiction is a real problem, notably among young people with binge drinking and so on,” Guillaume said.
“It’s a real problem but I’ve never seen, to my knowledge – unfortunately perhaps – a youngster leaving a nightclub drunk because they drank Cotes-du-Rhone.”
He blamed binge drinking among young people largely on spirits and mixers.
‘Give the French a break’
“What blindness! Mr Guillaume, all doctors invite you to take a tour of the emergency room on a bullfighting night,” said Michel Reynaud, head of France’s Addiction Action Fund.
“To be more precise, every day there are people with acute alcohol poisoning due to wine.”
President Emmanuel Macron has also come under fire in the past for shrugging off the effects of drinking liberal amounts of wine.
“Me, I drink wine at lunch and dinner!” he told journalists while visiting the agricultural show in Paris last year, telling those calling for tighter controls on alcohol advertising to “give the French a break”.
Bernard Basset, vice president of the National Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Addiction (ANPAA), said Wednesday that studies showed that 18% of young people get drunk on wine.
And 25% admit to getting drunk on champagne, he added, citing figures from the French Observatory of Drugs and Addiction (OFDT).
“Wine is alcohol like any other for getting drunk,” Basset wrote on Twitter.
The row comes a week after specialists attacked a new anti-addiction plan from the French government, saying it contained few concrete provisions for fighting alcoholism.
France has one of the highest alcohol consumption rates in Europe, beaten only by Estonia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic, according to data from the World Health Organization.
Wine represents 58% of alcohol consumption in France, according to the OFDT.
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Can’t stand clampers, ignorant assh@les!
Fianna Fail introduced clamping in 1998 in Dublin. At least that’s what the facts state.
Ah here, leave it out
Just park legally and clampers are a non issue.
Not necessarily. I know someone that got done while she was at the meter getting a ticket. Where I work down the quays I’ve often seen the NCPS wait in their van and count down the minutes before they get the chains out.
They’re a total scourge on the city.
@Paul this definitely seems to be true. I’ve only been clamped once, I was sick and driving through Ballsbridge, thought I was going to throw up and had to park quickly and leg it to a pub bathroom. I had no change to pay for the meter and no choice as I was going to get sick so had to leave the car. I was gone no longer than 15 minutes – when I came back the guy was filling in the form to put on my windscreen – he hadn’t even finished the whole thing properly. I tried to explain and was pretty much in tears as I felt so awful anyway but he refused to listen and said it was too late. No compassion whatsoever and he must’ve been waiting nearby.
My dad parked in town, some area were its now a case you have to sign up for an account, which he didnt have, so he went looking for a machine he could pay with, found one, paid and in the mean time was clamped.
Another time in bray, came back to his car five mins before ticket expired and had a parking ticket with no time printed on it.
Another friend of mine broke her key in the door, phone, money everything was locked in car. Finally managed to get a hold of a locksmith, was clamped, rang up to explain what happened still got clamped.
Few years ago, Step mothers road was full, parked nearby, she came out to see her car being clamped, 8 months pregnant and had to pick up her kid from playschool, offered to pay on the spot so theyd remove, no sympathy and clamped.
Ucd, somebody blocking in another car, logical thing would be to tow car, nope clamped car blocking in other car so person stuck in because some inconsiderate ass blocked them in and got clamped.
Parking awful in ucd (can take half an hr to get parking in a ditch miles away), private ambulence parked outside health centre illegaly but not obstructing anybody and they were clamped.
A space beside mater clinic used to be free near my old house, made it pay and display one day and clamped another private ambulence.
Clampers are asses.
You should have pointed him towards the “No parking at any time, unless vomiting” sign.
And one time at band camp….
Surely it would be cheaper, from an administration point of view, to just give someone a ticket (it works for expired insurance, tax etc).
Why the need for the public humiliation of a clamping??
Shouldn’t that be, one time at band clamp?
It must take a very nasty and mean-spirited person to be a clamper. I know there are people whose parking behaviour (in disabled spaces etc) deserves a harsh response. In general these guys only cause misery and I’ve witnessed that first-hand with elderly people in particular on hospital visits whose tickets had expired. As a job, it is the lowest of the low and I don’t give a sh1te how many red thumbs I get (PS. I’ve never been clamped so this is not sour grapes!)
Or someone who would rather be a clamper than be on the dole?
As an aside, I had to fork out 120 quid this morning to get a clamp off. I don’t think the person who clamped me was evil or mean spirited. I think they were doing their job
Loved the ‘Directed by Mark Kelly’ credit at the end!! No doubt Spielberg’s shittin’ himself at the moment!!
He needed more crab juice.
Kalkalash!!
No bowl! Stick stick!
Mountain Dew or Crab Juice?
Ewwwww, ill take the crab juice
Having reached the observation deck of the first tower of the World Trade Center (before its sad demise): Toilet out of order, please use other tower! D’oh!
Sadly this was one of the best episodes. They have moments of comic genious.
Anyone see the one where they revisit new york :) kalkalash guy has huge resturant but the only sell kalkalash
Hahaha.
A tin of black spray to break the continuous yellow lines between your two parking wheels. Only has to be a couple of inches and the clampers can do nothing. Bobs your uncle…..
ps. Do it discretely
And it just gets better and better. Can’t wait till I see Peter Griffin fight a big chicken on O Connell St.
I only hope someone is there to catch it on video
Someone should so do that for the craic ^_^
No sympathy for the driver that will teach them not to park illegally.
And when clamping eventually gets to @Westmeath you won’t be so sure.. You ever been to the big smoke?
It’s in Galway and it’s a pain in the rectum.
All you need to do is let some air out of the tires and slip the clamp off put on your spare and away you go
Does that really work?
Interesting
No it doesn’t because the chain is looped around a part of the suspension that moves up and down with it. can’t remember the name of it, ‘wishbone’ maybe?
Wishbone exactly, just letting air out works on council clamps as they are fitted tightly to the wheel, but the air valve is often not accessible with this type. Also it is still possible to receive a fine with this type as it is a penalty for parking incorrectly, much like a ticket.
To remove the most common type, theNCPS ones with the chain, you have to release the wishbone at the ball joint using a ball joint seperator, takes about half hour in total if you know what you’re doing, and once you return the clamp undamaged there is no penalty as the penalty is a release fee, but you’ve released the clamp yourself.
Just call me “The Clampbuster”…
In Galway it’s something in excess of 500 quid fine if there is evidence of tampering with the clamp. They don’t have adequate signage either and I’m fairly sure one of the neighbours was being paid to report new arrivals, as one time when someone was trying to remove a clamp the guards arrived before the clamper.
And y’know what’s annoying about that, the big sign to inform you of such put on the side window of the car with super sticky tape that ruins the car window
Doh!
A private company can’t fine a citizen it gos against our human rights
Its the “you won’t get far with that” at the end that made it for me.
Just carry a bolt cutter or rechargeable grinder in your boot f**k the clampers.
i once parked in a space that was desagnated for parents with kids in a cork shopping centre as i was picking up my wife and kids when i came back to the car it was clamped i rang the company and they wanted immedate payment to get released when i explained the situation they said i would have to pay first and then appeal ……to make a long story short i succesfully sued the clamping company i donated the money to a worthy cause it was on princable that i took this action …. they cant go around willy nilly and clamp as they wish ……a lesson learned to the guys who clamped me
Before we had clampers, people parked anywhere for as long as they felt like it, without any regard for other road users. Now, you can nearly always get a parking space ( in Dublin anyway, because that is where I need to park frequently). I, for one, am grateful for the work of authorised clampers.
If clamping worked the campers wouldn’t be making millions every year.
People do park much more responsible these days but the campers look for victims, it’s got nothing to do with traffic flow or parking it’s a pure money racket
I’d buy an Industrial grinder before I’d pay the fine at least I’d get use out of the grinder again I’d leave a pile of metal on the side of the street.
Homer, one. New York , nothin’. D’oh!
The clamp chain goes around the suspension. However I know a man who got round that little problem. First he removed the wheel nuts and took the wheel off. Then he pulled the clamp up over his car bonnet and tied it to his passenger side door mirror with a small piece of rope. Then he put his wheel back on and drove off. What he did next I don’t know, you will just have to use your imagination ;)
Clampers are now illegal in London, all parking meters in most places now..
Private Clampers can rot in hell… its legalised extortion that is completely unregulated in this country… not enough people shout about it so nothing gets done.
Private property clamping is not legal , nor illegal. But it’s illegal to extort money from someone while they’re under duress. If your car is clamped on pvt property , remove clamp by all means possible without damaging clamp chain or lock. There is nothing they can do, as they have technically assaulted your car.
But if its council clamping , there is legislation for that , therefore it would be illegal to remove a county council clamp.
I have removed a clamp , rang the clamping company and told them, never heard anything from them again as they clamped my car without legislation allowing them to do so . Bit of a grey area !
God damn clampers!
The champers should have clamped one of the rear wheels as BMWs are rear wheel drive
*Clampers damn you iPhone auto correct
fair play
Typical BMW driver, f*cking delighted, hope he/she has caused some serious damage to their car!
Ahhh lads give me a break. I was trying out my independent suspension on my BMW.
Looking at where he is parked the eejit deserved to be clamped
Jaysys they’re only doing their job, I’ve never been clamped as I’ve never parked illegally, problem solved. Don’t park illegally you won’t get clamped!!!
I’d rather clean toilets for a living that work as a clamper. You have to be a really bad, nasty human being to be a clamper that’s for sure. But remember that behind every bad clamper there’s a clamping company – and their bosses are raking in millions at the expense of ordinary hardworking people.
The mans a legend in my book
Ha ha never thought of that your more than likely right nice one :)
What about 97D’s privacy?? just wondering.
Happy Clamper
That particular type of clamp is quite easy to remove. It’s connected by chain to your antiroll bar which can be unbolted to allow the chain to slip free. Before you do this it’s important to ascertain who has clamped you. If it’s a private company on private grounds they will use the term release ‘fee’ or release ‘charge’. If the clampers are licenced by the local authority it will say a ‘fine’ of x amount. If you’ve been clamoed by a private company as long as you do not damage the clamp while taking it off and do not steal the clamp, you are in the clear. I was clamped in dublin while staying in a designated parking spot for the apartment I was staying and still got clamped by APCOA. I was so livid, I stayed up half the night reading about clamping and the different types they use. I got the tools out and off came the clamp in about twenty minutes. What a great feeling. That was over six months ago now. Haven’t heard zip from APCOA.
If the clamping was done properly there would be no problem ,and I am sure everyone would be happy enough……..
Doh!
Cycle and you won’t have any clamping problems and it’s also Eco friendly. ;)
No
Only if he is on a promise..
My grandad drove the clamp off his car and through it in the skip. That was in the 80s. Good times. The clamps they have today are a bit more robust. Damn you technology!
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