http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/the-irish-drinking-culture/ Share the heart of Ireland on IrishBeat.com Fri, 18 May 2012 04:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/the-irish-drinking-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-751 cody Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:29:17 +0000 http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/15/the-irish-drinking-culture/#comment-751 ppl drink to get drunk simple as that ppl drink to get drunk simple as that

]]> http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/the-irish-drinking-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Justin Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:55:14 +0000 http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/15/the-irish-drinking-culture/#comment-30 One of the reasons people drink is because they feel that drinking is drinkable when those drunks are less of a drunkard but more of a drinker. I feel that logic can be applied to drinks everywhere, and if just one drunk could down one last drink to make a difference, than surely Ill drink to that. One of the reasons people drink is because they feel that drinking is drinkable when those drunks are less of a drunkard but more of a drinker. I feel that logic can be applied to drinks everywhere, and if just one drunk could down one last drink to make a difference, than surely Ill drink to that.

]]> http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/the-irish-drinking-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-12 One Less Drunk Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:39:01 +0000 http://irishbeat.com/thecraic/2006/12/15/the-irish-drinking-culture/#comment-12 You pose an interesting question. It seems to me that we're dammed if we do, and dammed if we don't. Since alcohol was first discovered, it has been used as customary for everything from Celebrations to enhance the spirit, to an anesthesia to dull the pain. That being said, it's important to remember that there is a significant difference between the "Alcoholic" and the "heavy drinker". One of the reason's that alcoholism is so prevalent among the Irish is that it's relatively new to the culture. The same holds true for the American Indians, and the Russians. So, back to your question, do we embrace it? In my opinion, this is a very personal question and one that each of us must confront in our own way. If we leave it to society to answer as a whole then the purpose, meaning, and potential benefits of the drug become mute. Society is a mob, and like all mobs it has the tendency to act first and answer questions later. Alcohol and the decision to consume it should not be a mob question, rather a personal one. As a society, however we should act to respect the individual’s personal opinion, and not place our own opinions in higher priority. Anyway, this is just my opinion. Like it or not, I say yes, we should embrace it. You pose an interesting question. It seems to me that we’re dammed if we do, and dammed if we don’t. Since alcohol was first discovered, it has been used as customary for everything from Celebrations to enhance the spirit, to an anesthesia to dull the pain. That being said, it’s important to remember that there is a significant difference between the “Alcoholic” and the “heavy drinker”. One of the reason’s that alcoholism is so prevalent among the Irish is that it’s relatively new to the culture. The same holds true for the American Indians, and the Russians. So, back to your question, do we embrace it? In my opinion, this is a very personal question and one that each of us must confront in our own way. If we leave it to society to answer as a whole then the purpose, meaning, and potential benefits of the drug become mute. Society is a mob, and like all mobs it has the tendency to act first and answer questions later. Alcohol and the decision to consume it should not be a mob question, rather a personal one. As a society, however we should act to respect the individual’s personal opinion, and not place our own opinions in higher priority. Anyway, this is just my opinion. Like it or not, I say yes, we should embrace it.

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