Too bad, it's a relatively free country and alcoholic beverages are the preferred ralaxative. The bible says to drink for health and so you can't convince me you know better than the bible.
Alcohol is not the be-all and end-all of relaxation, so raising the tax on alcohol does not mean you're going to be more stressful.
Alcoholic beverages are the preferred realaxative. Majority rules on this subject. The fact that you liberals use the people's preference to steal from the poor proves how dispicible you are.
Besides, if alcohol were the only outlet you had for relaxing, then it's a good bet you're an alcoholic, and you probably have more serious problems than paying a little extra tax for your Budweiser.
Another typical liberal response. Everyone who does anything is automatically addicted to that thing. Liberals are addicted to the filthy lucre they recieve from taxing the hell out of the poor.
Sorry, but I would have to see that survey to accept that premise.
It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. Alcohol is not going to be outlawed. You wanted to discuss this subject, I gave you the reason I believe what I do and it doesn't matter to me what you believe because the fact that you are a liberal already proves you are unable to reason things out.
If, like you've said, poor people are more prone to drink, and poor people are generally not as well educated as middle-class and upper-class people, it doesn't add up.
You're lying, I didn't say the poor were more prone to drink but that a greater proportion of their pay is taken when you liberals tax the hell out of staples of the American diet.
This is another specious claim that needs evidence to back it up.
No it doesn't. I believe what I believe. If you don't agree with me,I don't give a damn because you're an idiot liberal anyway.
Were there any studies done that support this theory?
I don't know. The universities are run by lying liberals anyway so even if there was, the results could be taken with a grain of salt.
Are you trying to say that alcohol gives us an edge in intelligence?
Yes.
Didn't you know that alcohol kills brain cells?
The alcohol molecule takes the place of a water molecule in the nueral connectors in the brain, lessening the connector's efficiency, that's what make you feel drunk. Later the water molecule comes to replace the alcohol molecule with time. I believe the belief that alcohol kills brain cells is myth. I believe that alcohol helps intelligence by cleaning up the vessels that run throughout the brain. Again, I don't care if you believe me or not, that's what I believe and I've never seen anything to suggest I'm wrong.
Whoa there, cowboy...never mind the fact that you don't need alcohol to de-stress, as I stated earlier;...
You don't but you're not taking it away from me.
...now you're saying that if our soldiers are a little bit on edge, they'll get captured and/or killed by the millions?
No, I'm saying that alcohol improves the intellegence of people that drink which gives us a competitive advantage or at least keeps us even with many countries of the world.
If you're on the battlefield, you're going to be stressed anyway at the prospect of the enemy blowing your brains out! That's a little higher on a soldier's priority list than worrying about not getting a beer last night.
I wasn't talking about the individual soldier.
Nope, my vote cancels out yours.
And mine yours.
I'm not going to get into a debate on gun control, but I'm not saying "get rid of beer". I'm saying put a luxury tax on beer -- big difference.
Yes, you're trying to tell people how to live and if they don't do as you say, they have to pay you tribute. You people are thieves.
We tried prohibition before and had to repeal it.
Exactly. So you liberals just steal from the poor instead of let people live the way they want.
The studies have indicated that alcohol may decrease your risk of a stroke. Not drinking alcohol does not raise your chances for a stroke, as you seem to indicate.
You just contradicted yourself. The French drink every day. They have the lowest cases of Strokes and Heart disease. Read it and weep.
No, I was giving just a couple of examples of staples. Don't put words into my mouth.
Thieves. You people are thieves.
Actually, if you want to talk about thievery from the poor, we can talk about how Republicans have cut taxes across the board for the rich but virtually ignored the poor.
As I said before cutting taxes across the board increases opportunities for the poor. You liberals aren't smart enough to see a couple steps ahead.
A poor person who doesn't drink is no "slave" to any luxury tax, but a poor person who has to pay a disproportionate amount of taxes is.
Exactly. Most people drink. Liberals use this fact to steal from the poor to fund their high places. Thieves. You people are dispicible thieves.
Thanks fer the explanation...MUD
Apparently, this sort of language is what compelled you to apologize. IMHO, you could have said the same thing, but referred to the "you people" as the Effete Elite, thereby allowing Sam the opportunity to agree with you that the Effete Elite were, in fact, "The Bad Guys." By calling dwbh one of the despicable thieves, you lose the Moral HighGround, unless he specifically says he is in favor of Taxing the Poor with so-called SinTaxes.
I have enjoyed y'all's discussion, though, and hope you continue bumping this thread.
FReegards...MUD