Alcohol is brainwashing.

Lately i've been thinking... why is alcohol legal? and i've become understanding that alcohol keeps humans controlled. When you are drunk, you are not thinking straight. You are not thinking, or you are thinking that you are more powerful, more beautyful than before...
Plus because alcohol is legal, humans use it, caus it's the only narcotic that is legal (well beside the sigarets). Alcohol is always one of the biggest taxable income for the country. And when you are underage of dunk in public place or something like that, police will amerce you. Again you'll earne money for you're country.
Besides - humans made alcohol, how mutch do you trust humans?


Peace!

 

Humans made alcohol,God made marijuana.What do you trust?

 

Well it's a really institutionalized drug... which made it easier for the government to realize that trying to prohibit it is doomed to failure (heh though a Prohibition party still exists, stubborn bastards). Too bad they aren't as quick on the uptake with pot, which served as a convenient substitute for alcohol to those people whose jobs depended on Prohibition, including organized crime.

 

Booze is delicious... besides they tried prohibition here in the states. Didn't work. If Alcohol were illegal I'd probably just run around in circles for the high.

 

Alcohol is brainwashing? I don't think I've read anything so ridiculous in these forums in quite a while.

Alcohol isn't really "made" by humans, it's made by a naturally occuring process called fermentation. If you leave cider out for too long it eventually turns to alcohol via a naturally occuring process, without any human intervention. So how exactly is alcohol man-made? You make it sound like alcohol is a synthetic chemical, which it is not.

Look, almost ANY psychotropic drug can be used for brainwashing if it's used in the wrong way, including psychedelics. Just look at Charles Manson and Co.

LSD is man-made. I don't see anyone complaining about that.

 

Very well said, Rat. I also want to add that it is speculated that alcohol is what triggered the formation of tribes in early man, b/c they learned to grow hops and barley, and they had to wait for them to grow and then to ferment.

 

Prolly triggerin the change from hunter/gatherer to agricultural societies as well!

 

And like most things back then (I'm talking way back, the Egyptians might've been the first to have beer) alcohol was probably first discovered in a natural state. Someone likely just found some plant matter, malt or something in fermented form, and went "Mm this stuff's not bad..." and the rest is history.

 

Man has to let alcohol ferment, pot has to be dried, whats the difference? All things have a process

It all comes from plants

 

Well, alcohol served a legitimate function, you see the ancients (and most moderns) didn't see what was wrong with taking a shit in a river then walking downstream for a drink . Then they found that their people died off considerably less if they made beer and drank that instead. The ancient Hitties i believe were the first to make beer, and by the peak of their civilization over 50% of their grain was dedicated to this.
It became part of the popular culture, after the pilgrims built a church and houses they built a brewery. It is ingrained in the white-mans history to drink (i think it has something to do with dopamine, the white man's drugs of choice are cociane, alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine).
While pot served a very useful purpose for awhile, i.e. keeping the slaves content and making good rope it's use died out over the years for one reason or another, it's history was lost, and then people didn't have a problem making it illegal.

My theory anyways.

 

In answer to the original question "why is alcohol legal?", that is because the damage caused by Prohibition was worse than the damage caused by booze.

 

The Sumerians discovered "beer." Discovered because the fermentation process is natural. there are sources that lead us to believe that the namadic hunter-gatheres of ~13,000 years ago, when settled for stability and better life, that they harvested grain. to store the grain, it was baked and stored. Then around 6,000 years ago, ancient texts shows that the people found that if you left the sweetest grain that had been baked, left out, moistened, forgotten and then eatened - it would produce an uplifting, cheerful feeling: intoxication. so the first "beer" was actually eaten.

After that discovery, the baked grains were broken into pieces and placed into a pot. adding water, aromatics, fruit and honey and then left to ferment. so yea, thats a basic history.

check out the Hymn to Ninkasi: it includes one of the most ancient recipies for brewing beer. its pretty cool.

 

Sure alcohol is brainwashing. The thing that bothers me most is people think they have to have it to have a good time. Since I am a wine maker's daughter I know the every detail of the fermentation process. Ironically, I don't like to drink; I see what is does to people, and I see the way the wine makers try to sneek the ever-so-illegal label that happens to say, "sweet and refreshing," on it. That is directly marketed to kids and that is why they are not allowed to put that on there. I don't like the alcohol industry's marketing techniques.

 

I wish I had a bumpersticker with that on it.

 

the weed,....the weed! i will always trust the weed! *strokes bong*

 

Who? Does everyone need it to have a good time?

What if they simply like to unwind and have a couple drinks? What is so wrong about that? Most people who drink are law-abiding citizens.

Sounds like pretty crappy wine that would feature a label advertising itself as "sweet & refreshing." Sounds like you're thinking of wine coolers.

So because of the marketing techniques of some products, that makes all alcohol inherantly bad?

Hmmm.....

 

Ummm, I'm sorry, but how's that marketing to kids. The Budweiser frogs are, sure, but "sweet and refreshing"? Are only kids supposed to be attracted to that?

 

it's no wonder that the two drugs that do absolutely nothing for you are the legal ones. nicotene (gets you addicted and kills you) and alcohol (addicting, and destroys you, almost as bad as heroin). meanwhile, a relatively harmless drug is illegal (marijuana), while the drunks continue to fight and cause violent crime, and the peaceful smokers are continued to be locked up. i think it shows our society and government's true intentions, and it surely isnt for the betterment of your lives. you're being controlled/brainwashed, so break free from it if you haven't already. peace

 

Let's analyze some of this....

They are indeed both more harmful than pot if abused (nicotine is almost always abused as it quickly makes you addicted). I don't agree that alcohol is as bad as heroin, though, unless you're a full-blown alcoholic.

Alcohol actually has many health benefits if consumed in moderation, primarily in wine and quality beers.

Again you're stereotyping. Not everyone who drinks is violent, while not everyone who smokes is exactly peaceful.

You don't really think this, do you?

Sure, alcohol makes SOME people violent. But you're going by a few hardcore drunks, not the average drinker.

Frankly, I think ALL drugs should be made legal. The war on drugs is so bogus.

Hmm, so how are we being brainwashed by drinking alcohol? This is starting to sound like a bunch of ill-conceived rhetoric that sounds much too familiar. I agree that the laws are BS, but I don't think anyone who possesses any degree of intelligence is being brainwashed. I mean, c'mon now, at least use some logic before you write.

 

alcohol pisses me of. it's fucked up so many of my friends. i've known this guy shane since i was in kindergarten. he's 15 now and is allready an alcholic. he literally drinks every day. it's so sad b/c he's really talented and has alot to offer but he's totally screwed himself. i know damn well that if alchol wasn't illegal then it wouldn't be such a big deal. if icees were illegal to those under 21 then theye'd be constantly trying to sneak one. could you imagine people being like

" dude, lets go steal an icee." or " man dude, i totally got a brain freeze last night." it's just the thrill that they're not supposed to do it that makes it so appealing.