More on that fabled American puritanical moral posturing Europeans hear so much about:
More on that fabled European sophistication we hear so much about:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/…
The EU is “the part of the world with the highest proportion of drinkers and the highest level of alcohol consumption,” the report begins.
Heh - just poking fun (sort of, anyway). Yesterday I read somewhere that crime in a lot of western Europe is higher than here and trending upwards. But with legally mandated short work weeks, high unemployment, free “health care”, unassimilated guest workers and immigrants, etc., what’s one to do with one’s time?
Note this bit:
The EU is “the part of the world with the highest proportion of drinkers and the highest level of alcohol consumption,” the report begins. It concludes: “Governments have a responsibility to intervene in the market.”
Typical. And these bits:
“Any successful public policy on alcohol needs to reflect the fact that a majority of adults, who choose to drink, do so responsibly,” said a statement by the European Forum for Responsible Drinking, an industry group. “Any proposed solutions must target harm and not alcohol per se.”
Although overall alcohol consumption in Europe has dropped since the mid-1970s [...]
I wonder if this trend is the result of an increasing Muslim population? Hey, I’ve just found something TJIC and Muslims can agree on!