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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know the answer to this.

But I give it about five posts until someone posts the canard about how Europeans have a more sophisticated attitude about alcohol (hint: They don't. They're all raging drunks).[/quote]

All raging drunks? Really, PP?[/quote]

Well, I was exaggerating. But there's this myth that the Europeans handle alcohol more responsibly than Americans.[/quote]

Europe is a big continent. I think generalizing is stupid. There is tons of binge drinking in some countries, less in others. I did it myself as I posted about my "European" family. I'll be more specific. Southern Italian, wine and beer grappa and sambuca are on tables all the time with meals. I've also been to bars in the UK where 1/2 of the place looked about ready to brawl or fight and I was thinking "wow, this is way worse than most college bars even!"[/quote]

Europe is only slightly larger than the United States, and yet people make generalizations about Americans and alcohol all the time.

It's just funny. "Oh, the Europeans have such healthier attitudes about alcohol."

Oh, really? Met any Russians lately?[/quote]
You may have noticed that America is one country?  Europe has roughly 50?  Unlike states, they are completely different.  It's quite different to generalize America as being similar from coast to coast than to do that with Europe.[/quote]

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