from the New York Times: Beer in Russia

[Dmitri Glinski]

Sorry to intervene, but alcoholism itself is merely a symptom. It's
not drinking that leads to apathy, as the NYT is trying to suggest,
but just the opposite - a nationwide sense of powerlessness and
despair, with no room for personal or collective achievement, that
leads to alcoholism. But that, of course, you won't read in the New
York Times.

Dmitri Glinski
http://www.zvezda.ru/glinski.php


Quoting "VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI)"
<anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV>:

> If Russia is indeed dying, it's not from _vodka_ but from
> _alcoholism_.  And
> to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, an alcoholic is an alcoholic is an
> alcoholic...
>
> It matters little whether it's vodka or beer that's being
> abused--the
> ultimate effects will be the same.  All that the switch to beer
> does is to
> change the vehicle through which the problem manifests
> itself--hardly an
> improvement (except for the beer brewers...).  The problem is the
> disease--alcoholism.
>
> Tony Vanchu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Genevra Gerhart
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 5:05 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] from the New York Times: Beer in Russia
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Surely the consumption of beer on the streets should be
> discouraged. On the
> other hand the writer seems to be unaware that Russia is dying
> from _vodka_.
> Anything that helps take them off it is an improvement, including
> beer.
>
> Genevra
>
> http://www.GenevraGerhart.com
>
> ggerhart at comcast.net
>
>
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