To most americans, Danes would be considered raging alcoholics , yet nothing make them less rational than their american counterparts.

But more importantly, what exactly is the alternative? Do you think alcoholics are going to magically get better when we take their money away? They need treatment.

No shit. I think maybe you imagined I was saying something that I was not. My comment was very specific and narrow. Drinking away your money is not a rational decision, period, full stop, end of point. If you think that's a pretty obvious point, then I agree, too. I felt it was the appropriate response to the comment I was responding to.

Nonetheless, I don't think the post you originally replied to was suggesting that spending your entire income on booze is rational, just some of it.