John McKenzie wrote:
> Noddy wrote:
>
>
>
>>> Unfortunately, *every* *single* *incident* regarding abuse she's had
to
>>> deal with in the last
>>> 4 months has been brought on by alcohol. Biologically, Aboriginals'
>>> bodies haven't had the 1000's of years to get used to alcohol, they've
>>> had 200.
>> I don't buy that :)
>>
>> No one is born with a genetic tollerance to alcohol, and the "white
man's"
>> ability to deal with the stuff (such as it is) has not been an
evolutionary
>> process.
>
> There are some indigenous people (and this is true for certain native
> american tribes, eskimos and aborigines that I know of) that produce far
> less of an enzyme compared to most europeans that helps metabolise
> alcohol. That means that the same amount of grog can **** them worse,
> from the get go. I'll readily accept that, but the fact of the matter
> is, if I had a problem with the grog, it wouldn't matter what the enzyme
> levels were, it's a case of either I'd _decide_ to drink or not to
> drink. For the record, in any event, I don't have such an enzyme issue,
> but I don't drink anyway. I'm hardly a poster child/success story, but
> I'm not hurting anybody else.
>
>
>
I expect your observations are close to the facts , some years ago I was
privy to seeing a certain boxer ( 1st name Lionel) take 8 pots and
although remaining polite became so smashed he was falling down unable
to talk and injuring himself , some of the young indigi's have
aggression problems and get really upset when the find out ( as you
know) the hard way they ain't superman even with undies outside their
jeans .
Some of the stuff I have seen when doing some recovery work makes me
puke even now , no need for it at all..... filth is filth no matter who
does it.
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