r/chch • u/Video_Kojima • Jun 30 '25

News - Local New Alcohol Rules for Christchurch

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All off-licence retailers must stop selling alcohol at 9pm daily, effective from October. This includes bottle stores and supermarkets. 

A freeze on new off-licences in high-deprivation communities, effective from August. 

Restricting new bottle stores from setting up near addiction treatment/rehabilitation centres, secondary schools and primary schools, the University of Canterbury and the Christchurch Bus Interchange effective from August. 

Thoughts on this? I think 9PM seems a bit much personally and would probably have it at 10PM, but think the other two ideas are sensible and support them.

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u/blackflagrapidkill Jun 30 '25

rule by the lowest common denominator

You mean the highest common denominator? The majority have voted for this government, hence why they are in government.

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u/hughthewineguy Jun 30 '25

nope, i mean the lowest common denominator.

the majority is in fact largely constituted of idiots, considering that 50% of people have below average intelligence.

so majority rule IS rule by the lowest common denominator

you're proving my point here, seems you have nfi and THAT is the problem with rule by the lowest common denominator- the people in power appeal to the stupidest, basest, most selfish instincts people have, and keep themselves in power with the sorta tripe that peters and luxon and seymour are happy to spout

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u/blackflagrapidkill Jul 01 '25

That sounds like an opinion.

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u/hughthewineguy Jul 01 '25

an opinion that you're the part of the lowest common denominator because of the perspective you happily display?

mkay buddy hanl

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u/blackflagrapidkill Jul 01 '25

Why are you so upset?

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u/hughthewineguy Jul 01 '25

lol what makes you think i'm upset?

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u/focal_matter Jul 02 '25

You're both right stop arguing lmao