Posted on 12/05/2008 10:57:18 AM PST by re_tail20
Please don't add me to that frightening category
I am sure you meant this as a joke, but it is actually biblical.
Proverbs says that God gave wine to make the heart of man happy. No kidding. Drunkenness is frowned on, but levity of spirit is fine. Just quoting the book.
>>Today, the women of the temperance union advocate and educate not only against alcohol but use of
>>tobacco and illegal narcotics.
>
>I bet their Christmas party is a barrel of laughs.
Actually they are! I has to do with the barrels of angry badgers. :D
This group does good work. I drink a toast to them. And another, God Bless them. And one more, for the road.
Not to mention any cold meds required this time of year!
The one closest to the camera is definitely not guilty on all counts. Plus she receives a pre-emptive pardon for any crimes she may be accused of in the future.
No, it was a serious statement of my belief.
/johnny
They are welcome to consider their bodies as belonging to God. Anybody who displays an attitude that MY body belongs to anybody but who I CHOOSE to give it to, I will resist. If need be, with deadly force.
I know Jesus Christ partook wine but I wonder how strong that wine was and how the Lord worked with alcoholics back then.
Back in the Middle East (and the Mediterranean in general), wine was available for so long, and the margin for survival was so narrow, that anybody susceptible to alcoholism had selected themselves out of the gene pool.
Actually, I think this is a quote from Benjamin Franklin
...and no, it wasn’t grape juice. The partygoers were so impressed they were chewing out the host for not bringing out the good stuff earlier (and partygoers don’t chew out the host for hoarding grape juice).
Don't speak of "positive liberties". What you call "positive liberties" are more properly called entitlements.
A right is something you can do which nobody is allowed to interfere with. An entitlement is something which you can demand that others provide you with. Confusing these two entirely different things plays into the socialists hands.
They were "more successful," once. The Purple Gang sends thanks.
>(and partygoers don’t chew out the host for hoarding grape juice).
Yep, it’s the equivalent of running out of Budweiser and then bringing out the Sam Adams.
“Alcohol is related to 40% of all violent crime and 40% of all automobile accidents.”
I don’t believe you. A source would be nice.
“Its amazing to me that alcohol gets the light treatment that it does in society.”
You’re kidding right?
“Alcohol is related to 40% of all violent crime and 40% of all automobile accidents.”
Total BS on the auto accidents.
Firearms are responsible for a large percentage of murders in this country. Should the fact that people abuse their 2nd Amendment rights mean the rest of us should lose our right to bear arms?
Similarly, some people are unable to use alcohol responsibly. Does that mean the rest of us should be deprived of our rights?
>>“Alcohol is related to 40% of all violent crime and 40% of all automobile accidents.”
>I don’t believe you. A source would be nice.
>>“Its amazing to me that alcohol gets the light treatment that it does in society.”
>You’re kidding right?
*shrug* - I don’t know if he is or not; personally, I’m of the belief that humans are the cause of [human] society’s ills.
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