Joseph, During millions of years of evolution eating and drinking together meant that people belonged to the same tribe. Drinking together is beneficial for a group cohesion. It is in our culture and in our genes.
Certainly, if I go to a sport event people drink tea and water there. I just wanted to say that at a large social gathering people may have a choice what to drink without being conspicuous, without imposing an agenda to others. brgds Oleksiy On 05.11.2014 11:56, Joseph Reeves wrote: > Oleksly, > > >As for the inclusion, - the industry provides nowadays a large choice of > >alcohol-free beer, wine, sparkling wine [1]. And even alcohol-free > >vodka, alcohol-free whiskey, tequila, brandy, etc. [2]. > > I don't think we should be relying on the alcohol producers to be > providing us with opportunities for inclusion. You're basically saying > "hide the fact that you don't drink alcohol" whereas the message I got > from the discussion was "we need to provide social events that don't > revolve around (at least some people) drinking alcohol". > > >If one drinks cola or orange juice at a social event, people start to > >ask questions > > You're going to the wrong social events. > > Cheers, Joseph > >
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