(Ed. Note: When in doubt, hijack material from your little brother.)
So there’s this dude, London Mayor Boris Johnson, and he thinks that drinking and debauchery on public transportation is somehow bad. Which seems about as explicable as Rudy Giuliani’s wanting to get the easy-access porn off of the New York city streets. Ridiculous, no?
Anyway, the Underground (I’ve never set foot in London, so I have no idea what this really is) is being cleaned up, and the video you see above, well, that is the last party that will go down on the public transportation before the ban on booze and heroin sets in.
The Last Order of the Underground thought up the idea for the party and organized the throwdown. However, like any half decent party, too many people showed up. And like any half decent party, those too many people got drunk and decided to harass policemen. This naturally led to 17 arrests and the shutting down of half the transportation.
The interesting thing, to me, is that ole’ Boris is taking the same approach that Giuliani (reportedly) took with NYC. That is, wipe out all the small crime, and the big crime will dissipate. (It’s worth noting that, based on Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, it’s actually not Giuliani who came up with this idea, he just backdoored it like Bill Clinton’s economy.) Anyway, it’s a worthwhile venture in an attempt to clean up a major city’s crime, but it still kind of sucks that he’s taking away the right to drink freely on public transportation. That seems like, other than the fantastic dental plans, one of the top reasons to visit/live in London.
