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That’s a very all or nothing scenario. No one is saying no alcohol and no one is saying no nature hikes. The big ask here seems to be that people be understandi
by elil17 8y ago
That’s a very all or nothing scenario. No one is saying no alcohol and no one is saying no nature hikes. The big ask here seems to be that people be understanding that recovering alcoholics can’t always be in the room with alcohol, just like we’d be understanding that someone in a wheelchair couldn’t necessarily go hiking. Similarly, the article says that people would like sober events to be made available in addition to events with alcohol.
- darkpuma 8y ago> "No one is saying no alcohol" That's definitely not true. There are a lot of people who believe alcohol has absolutely no place in any professional setting.
- eesmith 8y agoHow about "No one in the linked-to article is saying no alcohol." Eg, quoting from the article: "These scholars don't want everyone to become teetotalers, or for conferences to ban alcohol altogether. They just want to be able to tackle the social labors of being an academic without the expectation to imbibe." and "Pearl isn't arguing that there shouldn't be any alcohol-related events, she said." Also, "no one in the HN thread is saying no alcohol." While your statement is true, I don't think it's useful to point to extreme viewpoints as a reply to a comment saying that we shouldn't use an "all or nothing scenario". Any more than it would be useful to point out that that, in a piece arguing for vegetarian alternatives, that there some people who insist that no one ever eat meat. Sure, they exist, but it derails the topic.