"atec77" <atec77nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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 ,
Yep. I saw him in that state quite often at the Bunyip pub.
--
Kwyj.
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