| > So I personally see how objectively bad it is before we really get to specific health issues. I understand, but that's your personal experience, which is invaluable, but not in general. People have been drinking since we call them humans and it hasn't affected our path to progress. Many wild animals do it too! (elephants, bears, monkeys, squirrels, bats, and many others) I don't think people defend alcohol despite the negative effects, people think alcohol is not the problem, but the way it is consumed can be. I've also witnessed personally the difference on how Americans drink alcohol in my city (Rome) and how we drink it. It's always surprising to me that they survive to live another day, they drink as they want to destroy themselves, we usually do it for the fun of it. Same way a wedding or birthday cake is not responsible for obesity, but most obese people love them and eat too much of it. > On the health issues, the link between alcohol and cancer is clear not alcohol per se, but large amounts of it. Almonds contain cyanide, 10 of them raw and you're in big troubles, 50, you're dead. We simply don't eat as much of them usually. Paracelsus said it all about it. |