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A comment on There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global Study Finds. Parent comment

Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by IshKebab on Friday August 24, 2018 @11:08AM (#17835377)
They are comparable. They're both activities that come with some risk of death, and both activities that we would like to be able to do.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by nightski on Friday August 24, 2018 @11:11AM (#17835408)
Many drive because it's required to get to their job and survive economically. I'm not sure the same case could be made for alcohol.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by throwaway917100 on Friday August 24, 2018 @11:18AM (#17835444)
Many drink because just surviving is not enough to live a fulfilling life.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by charlesdm on Friday August 24, 2018 @03:01PM (#17837077)
You're probably not wrong on that
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by agentdax5 on Friday August 24, 2018 @06:57PM (#17838431)
What does that have to do with the fact that driving is an activity that carries the risk of death? Necessity is not part of the discussion.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by QasimK on Friday August 31, 2018 @03:01PM (#17887982)
Why do you think it isn’t? People do necessary things because they have to. People do desirable things because they want to. The risk of death can make a difference on whether you choose to do the desirable things, but you don’t have a choice about the necessary things.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by fulafel on Saturday August 25, 2018 @05:46AM (#17840252)
Very few people in the west must drive to survive.
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Re:There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global St... by lern_too_spel on Friday August 24, 2018 @07:40PM (#17838644)
Shooting heroin is also an activity that many would like to do. Wouldn't you agree that shooting heroin is more like drinking alcohol than like driving?
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