Kontar said:
Neonbob said:
Because that is all I have ever seen happen.
If I had seen something other than that result, then chances are I would not be so critical of it.
Maybe this is all you've seen because you notice the people who are trashed, as opposed to the people who have had a beer or two, or a whiskey or two and still act completely normal?
This is quite likely, but an unfortunate part of society still carries over into behavior at parties. The loudest, most obnoxious people get the most attention, and are used as representations of all others. Yes, I'm guilty of being a stereotypical stereotyper here, but there have only been a handfull of people that I have seen drinking in moderation at the few parties I've been to. Maybe they're the outliers of a group, but my distaste for them actually does have a solid foundation in my reality.
[sup]I'll try to stop invalidating things by saying stuff about my personal experiences now[/sup]
I don't understand the alcohol hate in this thread, so you choose not to drink, that's great I don't hate you for it, I don't call you "stupid" or anything. Sure I feel you're missing out on something and you should at least try it once or twice, but if you really don't want to that's your own decision. While many of the rest of us like to have a drink or two during the week, or while hanging out with friends, or a few drinks at a party. It doesn't make us less of a human being.
I don't think he or I was calling
all drinkers useless or less of a person. Since this thread was about underage drinking, that's what we were going off of. While booze alone may not cause people to become asshats, I would have to think that alcohol, when combined with the feeling that you are getting by a law, can result in an inflated sense of importance or coolness, which in turn would up the douche-factor.
Also just because I have a few drinks during the week (ranging from beer to hard alcohol) doesn't mean I am running around without my clothes on pissing on fire hydrants and yelling at everyone.
I would hope not. I'd imagine you'd have a hard time getting on a computer if that were the case
There is a huge difference between someone who enjoys alcohol and drinks with friends or occasionally during the week, and someone who is a true alcoholic. Believe me I know, my uncle is an alcoholic drinking himself to death in Mexico. A true alcoholic wakes up at noon, goes and grabs a bottle of whatever they drink and starts getting drunk again, and continues to drink all day until they pass out. I don't understand how some can't see the difference.
Also, yes it hurts the liver, but the liver does a good job of regenerating, I love my liver, it's what allows me to drink.
This is an obvious statement, and I don't think that all underage drinkers are alcoholics. There is a world of difference between drinking with your friends and drinking because you think you absolutely need it at all times. BUT: some of them[footnote]underage drinkers, that is[/footnote](as I've seen in my own family) believe that in order to have any kind of fun, being inebriated is a prerequisite.
