thirstythong

“But the most significant derivation from the meaning of as ‘water’ is the concept of people who have gathered near a body of water to grow rice for one another, and founding a stable community, sharing rain and drought, plenty and famine, peace and war: from ‘water,’ its basic meaning, has come to designate ‘the homeland, the country, the nation.’ It is in this ultimate exception that the monosyllable nuoc reverberates throught the deepest and farthest recesses of the Vietnamese collective unconscious and stirs there the most potent feelings. The nation’s fateful course, marked by ups and downs, is figuratively rendered as a ‘tide of water’ (van nuoc) with its ebb and flow. The highest virtue demanded of a Vietnamese is that he or she ‘love the nuoc‘ (yeu nuoc).” –Huynh Sanh Thong (no relation)

License to Drink

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I think vices are fine to indulge in as long as they come with instructions and the conditions + risks for the consumer to consider before decision.

That is, alcohol should be consumed, only if the citizen has obtained a consumption license. It should be taken as seriously as a driver’s license. The license test would cover the basics on how to consume beer, whiskey, vodka, wine, mixers.For example, whiskey should only be sipped, never taken as shots. This should be mandated by law. Think of all the accidents and fights that would be avoided. Think of all the individual time that this will save a society.An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of a cure.