re: #573 Sharmuta

So you would exert an authoritarian control over people because of your personal experiences while assuming everyone else must be as weak and incapable of showing moderation. Nice.

It’s not me that has the problem, Sharm. I admit to being deliberately vague in that post but I did so because the person who has the problem has requested that I not discuss matters related to them in any detail with anyone outside my immediate family other than my best friend.

And, truth to tell, I’m actually glad I don’t have final authority of intoxicants. My own experiences do influence me inordinately and I would likely move for a command and control regime. That’s why I am glad for democracy and free speech: When otherwise rational people lose it over an issue, those institutions allow others to respond, correct and counter them. I’m not always right, even if I sometimes think I am.