andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > 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."

> There was a large teetotaller movement in the first half of the last 
> century (and before) in the Netherlands and elsewhere. One of the 
> reasons given (e.g. by my father) was that many poor families were 
> starving because the men drank all the money. That is still a big 
> problem in many parts of the world.
> My old boss was a teetotaller too. He lost many friends during the war 
> because of people telling too much under influence.

In other words, "knives are being used to kill people, therefore I never
touch a knife and never will."

It's a false dichotomy.

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                                                          - Warp

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