by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Je=DFus?= <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM
John McKenzie wrote:
> Jeßus wrote:
>> John McKenzie wrote:
>>> 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.
>> Chinese as well.
>>
>> Not just alcohol either, other things such as dairy products do not
>> agree with them.
>
> yeah but how many people bashed their wife to death because they were
> lactose intolerant?
>
> There *are* significant genetic differences when it
>> come to the above - it is a scientific fact.
>
> just as it's a scientific fact that nobody put a gun to anybody's head
> and made them consume alcohol.
Well ya lost me with those replies.
Apparently my agreement regarding certain races low tolerance of alcohol
(and other genetic differences) equates to some kind of implied defense
of criminal activity... fair enough, makes sense (!).