Polygamy-Porter wrote:My company always serves unlimited beer and wine at all company parties, many of which families attend.
I have seen people at these parties get pretty drunk, even with their spouses and kids there and guess what??? NO FIGHTS.
What is with these TBM fools thinking that drinking makes you violent?
Wow, look at Polygamy Porter he can have more than a few beers and not be buzzed. Welcome to 9th grade.
Fact: More than occassionally a person can have a few drinks and start to act out. Again, after years of tossing dumb pr1cks like you on your @ss out of bars in nightclubs I think I can speak on the subject.
lostindc wrote:Or I bounced at nightclubs to put myself through school and saw my share of fights every damn night.
Did the fights break out after 2 beers?
No, a couple was a general statement from me...but I will say that many times a few drinks gave a person the excuse that they could act out (even when not close to being drunk).
Yes, I am an animal. Yes, I am territorial. Yes, I believe that violence happens and is part of human nature. Yes, I believe that being lubed up helps increase the violence. I would figure most evolutionist agree?
edited to add: I have no problem with others having a couple beers or even a ton of beers. Does not bother me one bit. I had my last drink in the spring of 2003. I do not really miss it at all.
lostindc wrote: Or I bounced at nightclubs to put myself through school and saw my share of fights every damn night.
That's like saying guns kill people because I was in the army and saw people get shot. There are plenty of responsible drinkers who don't hang out in bars and get in bar fights. The vast majority of drinkers do not get violent after 2 beers. However, everyone gets a little fatter after 2 cheeseburgers.
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lostindc wrote: Or I bounced at nightclubs to put myself through school and saw my share of fights every damn night.
That's like saying guns kill people because I was in the army and saw people get shot. There are plenty of responsible drinkers who don't hang out in bars and get in bar fights. The vast majority of drinkers do not get violent after 2 beers. However, everyone gets a little fatter after 2 cheeseburgers.
True, I now take your side in the argument. Either way people should not be shoving cheeseburgers down their throats all day.
Back when i was a TBM i was regularly told that boiled/hot water was a gateway or replacement for the hot drinks people wanted to drink. And so it was frowned on. I too was also of the opinion at the time that all drinkers where alchoholics. I even (embarassingly) accused my sisters best friend's father an alchoholic because in my mind "Since there is no excuse to drink alchohol than to abuse it, so everyone who drinks is one on some level"
How nieve i was... Which reminds me...I have some good vodka in my freezer calling my name!
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