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Originally Posted by K-Thom
But we're still talking about humans, aren't we?  Even animals enjoy alcohol on this planet - at least as fermented fruits - so this is basic to our genetic structure. This won't change. |
You're saying it's inherent to our genetic structure to get drunk? Or that it's instinctive?
I don't think so.
The desire to find a way to relax is certainly instinctive with most higher mammals. But as there are other ways to do it, there's nothing "genetic" or "instinctive" about doing it with alcohol... it just happens to be the way it's been done for a long time.
However, I am not of the school that, just because it's been done a long time, that it will be done forever, any more than we still continue our long-standing tradition of hunting with spears (something we've done much, much longer than living in brick homes and going to work each day).