andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 22-6-2013 11:15, Warp wrote:
> > andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >> if you really want to know, I don't drink alcohol, never did and
> >> probably never will.
> >
> > A bit of it sometimes is actually healthy. (Also, things like red wine
> > have other beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants.)

> I think that sort of implicitly implies that you think you know why I 
> don't drink, quod non*.

To write it in such long-winded manner and with such an emphasis as
"I don't drink alcohol, never did and probably never will" gives the
strong impression that it's not simply a question of pure indifference,
and never having drinked being just how things came to be rather than it
having been a conscious decision.

It gives the impression that you have made a decision why you "don't drink
and probably never will." That it's a conscious choice.

What I have found is that most people who have made the choice and avoid
it as a matter of principle do not have all their facts straight. It's
more akin to "knives are being used to kill people, therefore I never
touch a knife and never will."

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                                                          - Warp

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