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Cass

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But now I understand why Ian, the English, and the Brits need Socialistic health care...

Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won't.


The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government on Thursday. Officials swore that the country would save billions in health care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon.

But noticeably, no officials were talking about reforming the British binge-drinking culture at the root of the problem.
There are about 87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks each year, with many resulting in hospital visits, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said as he introduced the two prototype shatterproof pint glasses.
"Glassing causes horrific injuries and has a lasting and devastating impact on victims and their families," Johnson said. "I hope these designs will help bring an end to such attacks."
Two types of shatterproof technologies are in the works: one has a thin bio-resin coating on the inside that strengthens it, and the other bonds two thin layers of glass together in the same way as car windshields. Both are difficult to break and keep the shards together if they do fracture, rendering them useless as weapons.
The government is touting the prototypes as the first significant improvement in bar glassware in decades. The plan is to introduce the new glasses for use on a voluntary basis in pubs if tests show they are durable, cost effective and safe.
Alcohol Concern, a charity working to lessen alcohol abuse in Britain, praised the new designs.
"We're very much in favor," chief executive Don Shanker said. "There has been good local research showing this could reduce the use of glass in violent incidents."
Half of all violent assaults in Britain are alcohol-related, and it has become common for drinkers to smash glasses and use them as weapons, he added.
"You are five times more likely to be involved in a violent incident if you are in or around a licensed bar," he said. "There is a clear correlation."
The government estimates that "glassing" attacks cost the National Health Service roughly $4.3 billion per year.
In the North London neighborhood of Camden, where heavy drinking bouts are commonplace, bartender Mirjam Linzie said the staff at the Elephants Head pub would welcome safer glasses.
"One time there was a big fight and 50 pints were smashed in one minute," she said. "One man smashed a glass over another one's head. One person's eye was popping out. It was a bloodbath. There was glass raining. People were hiding behind the counter."
Of course, a shatterproof pint could still be used like a club in fight - but at least it wouldn't produce lethal shards of glass with the cutting power of a sharp knife.
Home Office designers worked with the Britain's Design Council to come up with the prototypes.
Besides being shatterproof, the design with two thin layers of glass - called a Twin Wall - could have a hidden benefit for drinkers everywhere.
"The glass could keep the beer colder for longer," said Matt Cotterill, the creative director at Design Bridge, part of the design squad.
 

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I heard them Brits can be a tad ornery when they've had a pop or, two...
Good thing they don't let them have guns...
It would be ugly for sure...
 

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That was Cass's fault.

At least with glass you mean it.

Guns only detatch you from the damage you do.

So stupid American kids* kill other kids even though they did not really mean to.

And you think that is OK. Cowards.

Good thing they don't let them have guns...
It would be ugly for sure...

Yes, it would have been if the French and everyone else hadn't been helping you out. Else the view from my house and the White House would all be mine.

* Note: it might be time to spend a little more on taxes so your children get a decent education.
 
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I'd be careful what kind of Anti-American things you say Ian...
You're out of the country what if they decide not to let you back in?;)
 
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