tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post1184615822233134757..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Safer alcohol on the way?Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-47418968367267893002009-11-13T01:35:40.213+00:002009-11-13T01:35:40.213+00:00Infact alcohol goes back 9,000 years to wine jars ...Infact alcohol goes back 9,000 years to wine jars found in China and I believe the reason alcohol has such a hold on us is anthropological. Even today about 50% of all worldwide deaths can be traced back to infected water, cholera etc. To make alcohol the water has to be boiled and the alcohol itself kills viruses and bacteria. In short the discovery of alcohol probably helped us to survive and expand as a species.<br /><br />So the next time you have your favourite tipple raise a glass to the glass itself, its discovery is as critical to homo sapien as the invention of the wheel.DaveAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249090980650806030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-84465657615403932492009-11-12T11:57:31.028+00:002009-11-12T11:57:31.028+00:00I think some men would be glad if they could take ...I think some men would be glad if they could take a little blue pill at the end of the night to reverse the effects of alcohol. In fact, I know some who have tried it already:)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503508697872883675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-90041686331965444882009-11-11T09:54:44.963+00:002009-11-11T09:54:44.963+00:00Reminds me of Star Trek's synthohol. Put it in...Reminds me of Star Trek's synthohol. Put it in a blue wicked, tax it cheaper than regular grog, got yourself a winner.<br /><br />Maybe the bright orange coloured iron brew wicked will be the antidote.<br /><br />The ability to drink and drive, by having an instant sober antidote could even encourage a propensity to go out more.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89204946831027992882009-11-11T09:41:01.339+00:002009-11-11T09:41:01.339+00:00It's another trick from the anti-tobacco handb...It's another trick from the anti-tobacco handbook. You don't <em>enjoy</em> alcohol, you just <em>think</em> that you do. You're not partaking of a product which pleases you, you're an addict.<br /><br />I didn't realise the denormalisation of alcohol had got this far down the road.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-79990429687624147322009-11-11T07:54:22.258+00:002009-11-11T07:54:22.258+00:00It isn't the 1st of April is it?It isn't the 1st of April is it?Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59170826974548905112009-11-11T00:16:16.682+00:002009-11-11T00:16:16.682+00:00When did they ever care about culture or community...When did they ever care about culture or community or custom? They don't know how to measure those things. The only thing they can measure is the percentage of alcohol in a drink, and so that is all that matters to them.<br /><br />I wish they'd all just go away.Frank Davishttp://frank-davis.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-62647976879386434622009-11-10T22:46:28.415+00:002009-11-10T22:46:28.415+00:00Never heard of anything so daft as this. As you sa...Never heard of anything so daft as this. As you say Curmudgeon, this crazy idea completely misses the point about why the vast majority of people drink ie. because they like the taste of their particular alcoholic beverage, and because it's a sociable thing to do. This really does expose the muddled thinking behind government policy. Anyone remember reading Huxley's "Brave New World", where the state dished out a drug caleed "Soma" to keep the population compliant and subservient?Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.com