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C.H. > wrote: >On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:13:49 -0600, Matthew Russotto wrote: > >> In article >, >> C.H. > wrote: >>>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:29:59 -0700, Olaf Gustafson wrote: >>> >>>If you in any way feel compelled to drink you are an alcoholic, because >>>that's what an alcoholic is, a person who _has_ to drink. >> >> You trivialize alcoholism. A desire to drink isn't alcoholism, any >> more than a desire for ice cream is an addiction. > >Being compelled and having a desire are two different things. Please don't >mix these up. #1: It's not a matter of being compelled, it's a matter of _feeling_ compelled. #2: In the widest sense -- and that IS how you used the term -- a desire and a feeling of compulsion are the same thing. >> It ain't quite that simple. I don't have to drink. But I want to >> drink. > >Nothing wrong with that. Except that you and the other neo-prohibitionists want to make it impractical. >> I do have to drive if I want to get anywhere. > >No, you don't. There are taxicabs, public transportation or carpooling. Thank you, Marie Antoinette. >If you have 20 bucks to blow on alcohol and claim you don't have enough >money for a cab you need to get your priorities straight. Not a matter of 20 bucks. A matter of no cabs at all. And I rarely spend $20 on alcohol for myself at a sitting. Besides, how am I going to get my car back? |
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