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Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:
People who die from alcohol never lived.
-Ugly Bastard
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You may want to rethink what you said right there... it really makes you sound like a self-righteous elitist.
so you completely missed most of my point there... I was trying to point out the fact that you love skydiving because it gives you a rush, if there was no rush of adrenaline there, would you still do it? That rush is an altered state.
People give many reasons for drinking but it basically boils down to acheiving an altered state.
You said that one out of every 100,000 people who skydive die from it. Let's look at the whole number of people who drink compared to those who are problem drinkers or those who die as a direct result of it... what percentage of the american population do you think drinks alcohol? Now, what percentage do you think actually get:
- arrested for PI, contributing, dwi (public disturbance isn't alcohol related, they'll pop you for PI and drop the lesser charge)
- become dependent on it and lose your job, family, and friends.
- kill a family of four on their way to church on Sunday morning or any of the other stuff you stated.
I'm sorry about your uncle, but it's not the alcohol that ruined his life... what made him turn to the bottle in the way he did. He's in the minority of we who choose to imbibe. His chute didn't open, if you will.
Have you ever really drank?
If so, what kind of experience did you have... where were you, how much did you have, were you among friends, etc?
Basically it boils down to doing what gets you off... you like jumping out of planes, I like enjoying a couple cocktails and the company of a young lady... I'm not here to judge.
[ November 22, 2003, 02:09 AM: Message edited by: StDx ]