Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: taterjay
Can’t they look back at the ancestors and see that the firewater is dangerous.

You'd think that. There are Eskimo settlements in Alaska where they voted to go dry because of the alcohol problems, and they are strict about keeping alcohol out of those settlements.

And while I know some of the reservations in the Dakotas are horrible places that reminded me of a third world country, the natives in Alaska have got it worse with their winters. The suicide rate is bad enough without alcohol in the equation during the winter. They didn't need any lawsuits or anything, they voted to do it, and they did it. They know they have a genetic problem with alcohol, they know they have a serious depression problem during the winters, and they took the initiative on their own.
25 posted on 02/10/2012 7:16:36 PM PST by af_vet_rr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies ]


To: af_vet_rr
They don't keep it out, just attempt to control it some. We live 2 miles from an Indian Village; the Indians got it bad. Most are hard livin, life long alcoholics. I've watched them go for 6 months no booze, get a taste; off the go until they get flown on out. Most of them are pretty decent people; just can't handle the booze like us Whites can. If ya ever lived around them, watched them burn up in cabins, freeze to death in snowbanks, just see half the young kids (all FAS) dead before age 25 from booze & related problems; you'd figure out they can't deal with it on their own.

NOw they all got their income tax checks, every penny going for booze too. I have a couple friends that I have to go out and take all their booze & money from them, then give it back later after they sober up after drinking a gallon of vodka a day for a week. THey all thank me later, but I usually have to knock them down when they try stopping me from leaving with their booze. It's sad but ya know, having lived around Indians for many years, I learned they have all kinds of good things going on in their villages; things us Whites have lost. So I don't look down on them at all, good bunch actually; except with handling booze.

Bootlegging is a time honored tradition in every village I've ever been in. You'd be surprised to see who the bootleggers are too; often not the people that you would ever expect.

34 posted on 02/10/2012 7:52:50 PM PST by Eska
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson