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Drinking and (often, necessary) driving are not comparable, so the commenter could have chosen a better comparison. Edit: Based on comments in this thread, the
by QasimK 8y ago
Drinking and (often, necessary) driving are not comparable, so the commenter could have chosen a better comparison.
Edit: Based on comments in this thread, there are a lot of different perspectives on how comparable these two activities are. I still think there are many significantly "better" examples that could have been given.
- IshKebab 8y agoThey are comparable. They're both activities that come with some risk of death, and both activities that we would like to be able to do.
- nightski 8y agoMany drive because it's required to get to their job and survive economically. I'm not sure the same case could be made for alcohol.
- throwaway917100 8y agoMany drink because just surviving is not enough to live a fulfilling life.
- charlesdm 8y agoYou're probably not wrong on that
- agentdax5 8y agoWhat does that have to do with the fact that driving is an activity that carries the risk of death? Necessity is not part of the discussion.
- QasimK 8y agoWhy do you think it isn’t? People do necessary things because they have to. People do desirable things because they want to. The risk of death can make a difference on whether you choose to do the desirable things, but you don’t have a choice about the necessary things.
- fulafel 8y agoVery few people in the west must drive to survive.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoShooting heroin is also an activity that many would like to do. Wouldn't you agree that shooting heroin is more like drinking alcohol than like driving?