Alcohol in moderation isn't bad, and I recommend it for all ages. Having kids grow up with a respect for alcohol will lead to less abuse of it later in life. Look at Europe, drinking wine at a meal is incouraged past age 10 or so, and beer is buyable at 16.
and alcoholism is a laregely overlooked problem in europe. Its become an ingrained, if not expected institution. Accepting the problem as a natural occurance isnt the answer. Alcohol should never be recomended for anyone at any age, it always does more harm then good. In fact the only way ethanol is good for medical purposes is for theating a methanol poisoning. -Mat
The problem is indeed that alcohol isn't respected. It becomes an escape and something people don't fear. Sometimes people need an escape, but the mind is too powerful a tool to be forsaken. Drinking a little in a safe, friendly environment where no one is going to be harming others is no big deal. Now when you drink so much that you are little more than an empty vessel is not cool. Not saying that kids are the only ones to blame, but I suppose it is a vicious cycle since kids who abuse alcohol grow up to be adults who abuse alcohol. A few bad apples ruin the whole keg...I mean bunch. Alcohol, like all things to be respected and feared, should only be used in moderation.
Now at an age still in high school I can't support it unless it happens to be some kind of family regulated thing. In America, alcohol is treated as some taboo item, the fermented forbidden fruit. Of course kids who are rebelling against their parents are going to go for it.
Yes, drinking in your room with friends is not going to end up hurting anyone but your liver, and as long as smoking is legal drinking in that regard should be too. Its the drunken society that is the main problem, people who think drinking is an item of social status, or worse a necessity. There should be an IQ test for how much booze you are legally allowed to imbibe. -Mat
heh, true though, Russia is growing anti-american. Partly because they want so badly to be great again and we kinda take the blame for winning the cold war. Old enemies die hard, right Germany. Well just have to patch this up with a future president who understands the RUssian people, who speaks Russian, who is partly Russian himself....me. -Mat
Re: World War IIIdon_cristobalMay 12 2007, 23:51:57 UTC
Riiight, so next we'll have Secretary of State Monteparo in the news comparing "President" Johnstone's policies to Stalin...only this time it will be the truth.
If you ever intend to make amends with the Russian people, then you'll be expected to drink vodka with the Russian leaders. Otherwise you will die in ze motherland!
Seriously, though: It's like the old saying. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." If someone gets drunk and goes for a drive, it's the person's fault, not the alcohol. Those of us who drink responsibly (and most often socially) are just having a good time and not harming anyone else other than a few liver cells.
Prohibition, if tried again, will just fall flat on its face as before. I agree that it's sickening that so many more children are drinking , but the solution there is harsher penalties to alcohol distributors and parents, not outright abolition. I like Japan's system...if I spoke the language I'd be there now.
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The problem is indeed that alcohol isn't respected. It becomes an escape and something people don't fear. Sometimes people need an escape, but the mind is too powerful a tool to be forsaken. Drinking a little in a safe, friendly environment where no one is going to be harming others is no big deal. Now when you drink so much that you are little more than an empty vessel is not cool. Not saying that kids are the only ones to blame, but I suppose it is a vicious cycle since kids who abuse alcohol grow up to be adults who abuse alcohol. A few bad apples ruin the whole keg...I mean bunch. Alcohol, like all things to be respected and feared, should only be used in moderation.
Now at an age still in high school I can't support it unless it happens to be some kind of family regulated thing. In America, alcohol is treated as some taboo item, the fermented forbidden fruit. Of course kids who are rebelling against their parents are going to go for it.
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There should be an IQ test for how much booze you are legally allowed to imbibe.
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Geez, I thought you only compared people to Nazi's when you ran out of logical arguments against them...
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Well just have to patch this up with a future president who understands the RUssian people, who speaks Russian, who is partly Russian himself....me.
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Seriously, though: It's like the old saying. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." If someone gets drunk and goes for a drive, it's the person's fault, not the alcohol. Those of us who drink responsibly (and most often socially) are just having a good time and not harming anyone else other than a few liver cells.
Prohibition, if tried again, will just fall flat on its face as before. I agree that it's sickening that so many more children are drinking , but the solution there is harsher penalties to alcohol distributors and parents, not outright abolition. I like Japan's system...if I spoke the language I'd be there now.
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