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How is that a counter to to claims about its health effects? They're not saying alcohol has no positives and it's for terrible people, just that it has negative
by tsol 5y ago
How is that a counter to to claims about its health effects? They're not saying alcohol has no positives and it's for terrible people, just that it has negative effects on health.
- 1970-01-01 5y agoI've taken liberty on the word "heart" to mean the overall character of a person. I.e. alcohol is beneficial in many other ways, and it must not be dismissed as "just a bad drug" in discussions.
- deltaonefour 5y agoIt's a liberty you exploited because clearly the intent of that word refers to a physical heart. Nobody dismisses it as a bad drug, alcohol is too ingrained in human culture to ever be dismissed. What's going on in this thread is scientific reconciliation and justification of ones own behavior. Lots of people live their lives off of scientific facts and conclusions to improve their own health and productivity. This new conclusion from the WHF flies in the face of an old conclusion and habitual drinkers of alcohol. Thus people need to twist and reconstruct the logic in such a way that their own behavior is justified.
- 1970-01-01 5y ago>Nobody dismisses it as a bad drug There's an instance right here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30010131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30010131
- deltaonefour 5y agoWell, it's a small minority. A technicality basically. Alcohol is too ingrained in every culture to be anything other than that.