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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] It would appear that Frank has adopted the traditional educated American [excuse the oxymoron [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG]] attitude towards social drinking. It would also appear that Liam has adopted the traditional educated British attitude towards social drinking. And, fulfilling my duty as a Canadian, I must mediate. Frank, as someone who's lived in Europe, I must tell you that the entire attitude towards alcohol is so different that it is really hard to grap if all you've known is the "alcohol is eeeevil" mentality of the US. IIRC, Brits and Americans consume approximately the same amount of alcohol. The difference, however, is the environment in which it is consumed. With advance apologies for the stereotyping, Americans almost exclusively sit on the couch in front of the game with a Bud, while Brits almost exclusively have pints @ the pub. What this means is that when the roles are reversed, Americans just plain suck at correctly handling social pub-style drinking. Furthering the above problem is the general North American attitude of keeping booze away from teens at any cost. Its disgusting, really. Nothing is a greater cause of accidents than crowds of drunken, rowdy teens with no idea how to handle alcohol except to binge on it. On the other side of the atlantic, childrena are brought up to see alcohol as just a beverage with assorted positive and negative side effects. Speaking of assorted positive and negative side effects, on the subject of coffee I must interceed. Coffee is a close friend of mine. I can assure you that caffiene has both mental and physical effects. Back to alcohol. I'll end off with some lyrics from fellow Canadians and their observations on drinking: [QUOTE] <center>ALCOHOL [i]The Barenaked Ladies[/i] </center> Alcohol, my permanent accessory Alcohol, a party-time necessity Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself O alcohol, I still drink to your health. I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alcohol. Forget the caffe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea. A Malibu and Coke for you, a G&T for me. Alcohol, your songs resolved like our lives never will When someone else is picking up the bill. I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alcohol. O alcohol, would you please forgive me? For while I cannot love myself I'll use something else. I thought that alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self-control and self-abuse. I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alcohol. Would you please ignore that you found me on the floor Trying on your camisole? O alcohol, would you please forgive me? For while I cannot love myself I'll use something else. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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