Adult society, young people and booze

There was something instantly annoying about the Guardian weekend's interview with the tabloid's favourite boozer, Laura Hall, last week. It all reeked of a society that has become babyishly unworldly and bereft of understanding on the follies of youth. As she put it, anyone would think she went out killing people. There has also been a BBC3 documentary on Ms Hall, My Battle With Booze, and my response to both can be found here.

What I didn't mention in the piece, though, was how Hall's anecdotes in the Guardian interview were often hilarious. Although her penchant for self-harm - her arms look like she's been wrestling with a cheese grater - hardly paints a cheery picture either. Still, no excuse for attempting to hike the price of booze for the rest of us...