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Originally posted by ProfessorNumber:
Will I ever do any of these things? No. It's ridiculous of you to assume that we are going to fuck up our lives because of drinking.
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If tendencies toward alcoholism are hereditary (as some seem to think it may be), then one could have full intention of never experiencing any negative effects of alcohol, yet they very well could unsuspectedly. Now, this doesn't actually make the alcohol itself a "bad" thing. And I really don't think alcohol has malicious intent. But the fact that it
can have positive effects and
can cause like damage,
should be plenty enough for someone to have low opinions for the use of it. Especially if it's never done any good for them.
I've drunk, it's never done a lick of good for me, unless you're talking about lowering blood pressure or what-not. Too bad I'll bet most people who argue that also like to eat red meat and salt (I do). So obviously they're not drinking for health. If there are people out there who honestly are, good for you, but you're not, and you know it.
Drinking socially? That argument's really starting to piss me off. That is, If you're drinking "socially" without the intent of messing yourself up at all. Because if your goal isn't to get a little wired then you should be able to get the same social effect from drinking water. Some might say they like the taste of alcohol more. That may be true, but the slight buzz they get from drinking some alcohol is the probably the more likely reason they're sipping on Blue Skyy instead of Deja Blue. This is mere speculation, but seriously, chances are if I kept offering a proponent of alcohol something that they truly thought tasted better, at least one of those times they'd pick the alcohol instead. Alcohol wasn't invented because it tastes good. It was invented to fuck you up. Unlike Aspirin, which was not.
[ November 21, 2003, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Titan ]