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"Reasonable amounts of alcohol" are in fact responsible for the establishment of civilization, right up until the age of civil sanitation. Of course now that w

"Reasonable amounts of alcohol" are in fact responsible for the establishment of civilization, right up until the age of civil sanitation. Of course now that we have sanitation we don't need the alcohol any more.

update 11y ago
> responsible for the establishment of civilization "I would beg leave to suggest the propriety of erecting public Distilleries in different States. The benefits arising from the moderate use of strong Liquor have been experienced in All Armies, and are not to be disputed" --George Washington to John Hancock, 16 August 1777