Toff and Midget

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2213124.ece

As the clatter of disapproval about the UK's drinking culture continues unbound. Pints for 99p and 'oh shit we are all going to lose our jobs so lets get pissed on IPA' (of all things) fear sweeps around like a obsessive compulsive cleaner. The Sun had decided students are due a pop. 'The Sun' lays into Cambridge University students and their drinking game 'initiation' ceremonies.

What 'The Sun' does very well is mock outrage i.e. 'Cambridge girls' booze and sex shame' and alongside it put pictures of the crapulent toffs in their bra's and knickers and in this case bizarrely a girl alongside a midget for no apparent reason with the tag line 'frolic' even though the 'midget' is simply holding a bowl of sweets. Its really just mild lurid titillation designed to provoke anger and a posh girl fantasy for people so desperate not to remember they have to go to work tomorrow that are genuinely wandering if they could get away with trying to look like the family dog by putting on clothing of the same colour.

The Sun then brings three quotes from concerned parties. Alcohol Concern’s Carys Davies said: "It’s not really setting a good example." Which considering the body Carys Davies represents seems so half hearted that they may as well just have quoted someone looking into the fridge and seeing someones left the top off the margarine. The NUS states The National Union of Students said it strongly encouraged a ban on the dangerous ceremonies" Like some sort of retrospective Health and Safety executive so bored that they are looking at aspects of Roman savagery. The University itself states "We aim to insure students behave responsibly." Which brings the whole non-news article to such a shocking and shuddering conclusion that if you were to now find out your mother used to be part of a washing machine would only produce a slightly raised eyebrow.

People drink because it gives us the excuse we need to piss about, make mistakes, cry or whatever. Self flagellation only produces hyperbole and misguided policies. Humans have been pissheads since time immoral.