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There is absolutely nothing wrong in the consumption of alcohol by itself. The only problem is excessive or binge drinking. It is a slippery slope argument to state that social drinking will lead to excessive or binge drinking. It doesn't follow.
No one has encouraged drinking. Just because someone doesn't condemn drinking doesn't mean one encourages drinking. It is neutral at best. An activity that is neither, encouraged or discouraged but left to an individual's personal discretion. There is also no sane person who actually would condone excessive or binge drinking. Everyone should know their tolerance level and risks of drinking. People should always avoid drinking till it impairs judgment. There should also be one or two designated drivers who also serve as chaperones and prevent escalated problems.
I think the parallels you draw with short skirts and drinking are wrong. However, there still is a different parallel that works. Parents are responsible to talk to their kids about alcohol and how they talk about it makes a difference. Excessive drinking, binge drinking, alcohol related crimes and problems usually arise when people are not educated well enough about responsible alcohol consumption. There are other social and psychological problems like depression that contribute to alcoholism and improper education about alcohol prevents these issues from handled correctly.
Finally even though alcohol is a factor in many crimes there is not a causal relationship. If alcohol was a cause for crime, everyone who got drunk would have propensity to crime. Say a man is taught short skirts are bad. When sober he may just mentally think a girl is loose or titillating him. But when drunk he is more likely to act on the negative thoughts. If a man is taught to respect women. Drinking may make him flirtatious and come on too strong, but he would still be subconsciously aware of boundaries.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong in the consumption of alcohol by itself. The only problem is excessive or binge drinking. It is a slippery slope argument to state that social drinking will lead to excessive or binge drinking. It doesn't follow.
No one has encouraged drinking. Just because someone doesn't condemn drinking doesn't mean one encourages drinking. It is neutral at best. An activity that is neither, encouraged or discouraged but left to an individual's personal discretion. There is also no sane person who actually would condone excessive or binge drinking. Everyone should know their tolerance level and risks of drinking. People should always avoid drinking till it impairs judgment. There should also be one or two designated drivers who also serve as chaperones and prevent escalated problems.
@ bold 1- By the same argument a mother s objection to a short skirt by itself cannot be called wrong It is the possible consequences of that action that may or may not lead to other actions that may lead to harm.
@ bold 3- If everyone had the ideal level of awareness of their limits and could stop before they crossed it there would be no violence in the world at all as each would stop before his anger reached boiling point
I think the parallels you draw with short skirts and drinking are wrong. However, there still is a different parallel that works. Parents are responsible to talk to their kids about alcohol and how they talk about it makes a difference. Excessive drinking, binge drinking, alcohol related crimes and problems usually arise when people are not educated well enough about responsible alcohol consumption. There are other social and psychological problems like depression that contribute to alcoholism and improper education about alcohol prevents these issues from handled correctly.
@ bold- That should also hold true for sons whose mothers may dislike short skirts.🤓
Finally even though alcohol is a factor in many crimes there is not a causal relationship. If alcohol was a cause for crime, everyone who got drunk would have propensity to crime. Say a man is taught short skirts are bad. When sober he may just mentally think a girl is loose or titillating him. But when drunk he is more likely to act on the negative thoughts. If a man is taught to respect women. Drinking may make him flirtatious and come on too strong, but he would still be subconsciously aware of boundaries.
By the same argument if a mother's dislike for short skirts was a cause for son turning into a rapist then every boy whose mother disliked short skirts would have turned into a rapist which evidently does not happen.
Teaching men to respect women sounds fine. It would be finer if every person man or woman learns to respect each other. I guess, we could now debate on whether respect needs to be taught or earned --- 🤔
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