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From: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Re: An interesting sideline *FACT*
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 18:33:39 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 18:33:39 1986
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In article <1771@decwrl.DEC.COM> williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) writes:
>In France, there are almost no regulations concerning alcohol. Table
>wine is an accepted beverage at the family dinner table. In France,
>there also happens to exist one of the lowest alcoholism rates in the
>world.
>	Now for a question: When are employers going to get hip on
>psychology?
>						John.

These aren't the "facts" I remember.  A few years ago there were TV reports of
widespread alcoholism in France, and widespread use of cheap vintages was
cited as the cause.

Now, I'm not going to say I'm right, as I can't name references, but before
a statement like the original posting is made, the author should be willing
to back up the representations with sources.  I am unwilling to believe what
is being said merely because he said it, since it directly contradicts what
I have heard elsewhere.

I will say by direct observation that the European attitude toward alcohol is
more enlightened, and that having it around in family situations with children
seems to make it less of a big deal when people come of legal age.  However,
I will also say by direct observation that it does not prevent teen-age
drunkenness - rebellion at that age is too strong to be suppressed by en-
lightened attitudes.  The danger of the European attitude however seems to be
more of a tendency to unknowingly slip into a quiet dependency.  Maybe that is
even more insidious, and the original poster of the above article should
consider that as part of a complex problem - more complex than his simplistic
stand above would indicate.

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc. (expressed opinions are my own and not necessarily Tek's)