Well Whirly, the question raised was "why shouldn't I drink too much," and I guess you've given a very graphic description of one the consequences.
But I guess the underlying question is when is too much, too much ?
Unfortunately, the answer isn't that straightforward.
Is BV123's drinking hazardous? Well he's certainly loading the odds, but the chances are he'll probably live to a riper age than most.
Is he any more hazardous than a 17 year old drinker who occasionally drives home after 2 pints of Fosters? Or the guy who keeps well within the governments limits but kicks f*ck out of his kids after drinking Stella Artois. (Known locally as "Fella's are Tw*ts").
As with a lot of things in this game- I just don't know is the answer.
'spose if you want to define health in purely bio-medical terms, I could pluck some figures from somewhere, demonstrating some dose-effects, but as every good nurse knows, health is more than the abscence of disease or infirmity.
The moderation question raised by my gramatically correct colleague is an interesting note. Depends on how you define the role of moderator.
The requirement to check the medical facts of every post is probably ideal, but impossible. There has to be some
caveat (actually there is in big red letters), placed upon the poster, to check his facts from an authorised source. Personally, I find that if I post something controversial, someone eventually pulls me up, and I guess if you hang around here long enough, you can soon sort the informed opinion from the uninformed.
If you consider that the role of moderator is to step in and take decisions about rude or offensive posts, then I reckon thats fair enough.
If I have caused offence to AME&PPL I apologise. The post stating that you've got a problem when you drink more than your ame, was meant to be tongue in cheek, but I'll be happy to remove it. Reading it again, I can see how it could me misconstrued.