Subject: Re: I'm telling mom!
From: Steve Brown (ganesha@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 09:32:53 GMT
I would like to also make the point that I am not oin some sort of
crusade against the stuff, nor is it an issue of "my body, my temple"
since I readily (but not regularly) will eat candy and fast food for
breakfast. The stuff just never appealed to me, and I did not want to
start drinking for any other reason besides the fact that I had made a
conscious, independent, autonomous decision to do so. Until then, I'll
try and not get in people's hair about it.
reassuring me that they "don't drink THAT much,
just at a party or something..." and normally trail off. I think a lot of
kids,
college kids especially, know how much they indulge themselves in the
sauce, and are really ashamed of it deep down, but feel better if
everyone else at the party is doing the samePete.
Pete;
I'm wondering if you consider the full implications of this sort of opinion.
I don't think that college kids are really "ashamed" of drinking as a whole.
What is there to be ashamed of? What is a problem is chronic excessive
drinking in the social system surrounding many fraternities and their
parties. truthfully, it seems doubtful that they all stand before you and
drop their eyes to the ground in your presence just because you don't drink.
In college (or my college anyway; University of Rochester, small [6000
undergrad/grad combined, not including the business school] independent,
non-religious affiliated, and very expensive (33,000 per year with residence
and without fees for labs or books, but we have a really good financial aid
program, cause I am economically disadvantaged (read: broke) and after my
scholarships, grants, and federal aid it costs me about 8000 a year to
attend, pretty good deal, considering, but still a tough nut to crack on my
own every year, sorry for the diversion) in my college, many people drink,
many people don't drink. we have a wide societal representation of many
different groups, large Asian and Indian (national Indian) population, and
all different economic echelons mixed together.
I think the people who are ashamed of their drinking suffer from an illness,
not an intrinsic understanding that alcohol is bad, and are thus reacting to
that idea. give people some credit, and give them some room.
Steve
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