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To: A CA Guy
People who care will at some point read this and see me make the great points I did, so it does matter and people will care. :-)

Water is a gift from God, but you can kill yourself easily by drinking too much of it. Does that mean we should take the risk of making a stupid use of water? Heck no.

You cannot easily kill yourself with water. That is a stupid statement. People drink beer after beer and seem to get along alright. The current weekend requirement is at least a 30-pack, for each drinker. That's a lot of extra water. If you don't believe it, go to a ballgame and wait to pee...

Alcohol is a gift/tool, and has been used as a purifier of food, blood thinner and for other good things. People don't have to overuse it to the extent of being a stuoid use or take it to a criminal use level, that is stupidity.

Alcohol is a natural occurence when yeast mixes with sugar. At some point, a man drank some grape juice that had fermented naturally, and decided it was good. We now distill it and call it brandy. I have an almost-empty glass of B&B sitting beside my humidor. I have a lit Ashton cigar in the ashtray near me.

People can certainly act stupid. The Bible tells many stories about them. When Noan's ark landed after the rains, Noah celebrated and got so drunk he stripped naked and was dancing. His daughters backed up to him with a cloak, and covered his nakedness.

Facts are facts, they did not store food during Biblical times, so alcohol was a way food was purified. We know today that eating raw pork gives you worms in your body, well the Bible didn't say you'd get worms, but said beware of pork and stay away.

I eat rare pork. I am not afraid of trichynosis. It is not a problem with modern pig farms. Sanitation has always been a problem. You sure seem to seek a lot of ways to promote alcohol in a positive manner, while demonizing its use. You should learn more about the misinformation you repeat. Drinking alcohol has not been used for sterilization and sanitation. It was used for drinking. It makes you intoxicated.

Facts are indeed facts, and you have displayed few pertinent to this discussion. Why do you think anybody is listening to your drivel? I only replied to antagonize your simple mind.

You talk about not eating pork to please God. You need to read your New Testament a little more. Then, you might visit these guys. I keep some in my freezer.

No need to respond. I am going to bed. I have to go see my 83 yr old Dad tomorrow. He knows what I smoke, and hasn't seemed to care enough to say stop. He is a navy Vet, as I.

Good night, maam! go play with your sisters!


76 posted on 07/08/2006 8:55:20 PM PDT by pageonetoo (You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
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To: pageonetoo
Yes, it is possible for a person to drink too much water. It is called water intoxication. What happens is the sodium level in the blood reaches very low levels (because of dilution by excess water which can only be excreted in the urine, sweat or breath). This disturbs water balance in the brain, which can cause epileptic seizures and even death.
Research has shown that a person can safely drink up to 10 liters of water a day. That would equal 10 one-liter bottles of water.

Alcohol is natural as is most everything else on this planet.

I didn't talk about not eating pork to please God, I said the Bible says to beware of pork and that we later learned the reason for that.

I also said pot was a different animal than alcohol.
Pot goes into the body and brain the fastest way possible by smoking. That is faster than injection and more so than eating.

So, nothing I said was inaccurate.
77 posted on 07/08/2006 9:54:10 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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