"John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:47B553D9.42C2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That's the big thing not talked about. We've got an astronomically high
> indigenous population in prisons, and a significant amount of it is due
> to crimes against their own people.
Indeed.
> 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.
Absolutely.
I like the odd beer or ten, and while I used to drink myself unconscious
when I was a young idiot I've settled these days and drink only
occasionally. When I do it's mostly just a quiet couple at home every now
and then, and getting pissed for me is a big night out once or twice a
year
normally in the company of friends who aren't out to do anything other
than
have a good time and not upset anyone. I don't begrudge anyone's right to
drink, regardless of their race, colour or creed, but then if you have a
problem with alcohol it's no one's fault but *yours*.
That includes Abbo's who demand the government supply them with free piss
as
part of the "fair treatment that's owed to them".
--
Regards,
Noddy.
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