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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's something I would say if my 14 yo was with me too![/quote]

Really? Lying is more acceptable to you than responsibly and moderately imbibing?[/quote]

There is no acceptable amount that is healthy.  But if he said that then drinkers would get upset.[/quote]

I don’t see where I said drinking was healthy. But responsible, moderate drinking can be part of a healthy life, just as eating a steak or a bowl of ice cream can be. You don’t need to be abstinent to be healthy. This black or white thinking is so off-putting and frankly childish. It’s how I thought when I was 8.[/quote]

These things are not the same. Steak has protein, ice cream has calcium, alcohol has poison. There isn't a nutritional value in alcohol, especially the way some of y'all drink it.

You'll try some "red wine has..." and so does a tomato, without the carcinogens.

So yeah, those of us who don't drink (at all) will often hedge it a bit ("I don't really drink") because y'all tend to freak out when we say it's not for us at all.

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I think people "freak out" with the condescending judgements, not the 'I don't drink'.[/quote]

I get this if the non drinker is telling them alcohol is bad, poison or whatever, but why do drinkers automatically feel judged simply by someone saying "no, thanks, I don't really drink" and leaving it at that?
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Why don't you leave it at "no thanks?" If someone offers you a piece of cake, do you say "no, thanks, I don't really eat sugar?" It's that little "I'm more virtuous than those of you heathens who partake of [fill in the blank] that's so smarmy and self-righteous. [/quote]

dp Because drinkers have a tendency to say 'why not?"  Come on just have one![/quote]

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