[wardaddy]

You should by all means do your own research and experimentation and come back and let us all know first hand.

Nopardons is not arrogant. She is a very bright FReeper who doesn't tolerate naivete well. She like I am concerned that more than a few young FReepers wish to believe that this rediscovered intoxicant is really safer than supposed. I along with her hope that those of you guys tempted to take the plunge would at least be cognizant of the risk and exercise caution. That's all.

[Anotherpundit]

She's obviously arrogant, because she assumes that those who disagree with her are doing so out of naivete, rather than out of simple skepticism. I'm fully prepared to believe that absinthe is as harmful as everyone thinks -- but I want to see proof, and I don't consider hundred-year-old studies to be sufficient to establish a modern standard of proof.

My basic opinion is that if you want to make something illegal -- a gun, a drug, a brand of car, whatever -- there should be clear, credible evidence that it is in fact a net harm to the public. THere may have been such evidence, by the standards of the time, when Absinthe was made illegal, but medical science has advanced considerably in the past century, and it seems like re-examing the stuff might be a good and timely idea, because the science that backed up the absinthe ban is likely to have become outdated.

Stop worrying about how "naieve" other posters are -- an inherently arrogant position, as it inherently assumes you know better than other posters. If nopardons is right, she doesn't need you to defend her, her posts will stand on their own.