Help
Sign In
addiction
October 2009 
Homo Insciens, Part 5: Prohibition Revisited
Posted on Aug 30th, 2009
by 
Daroy
Daroy
Today i heard that a 16-year-old friend of my stepson's was beaten up by three drunkards at a funfair in Luxembourg City. It's only the latest in a series of incidents involving alcohol, including fatal traffic accidents, domestic violence, street fights, and comatose teenagers. The putrid juices that make up alcoholic beverages wreak more and more havoc on society, destroying brain cells, freedom of choice, relationships, families, and many many lives, and i, as a staunch teetotaller, seriously wonder why politicians don't debate this urgent matter and act on it.
Of course i can guess why the issue is taboo: the majority of Luxembourgers, including politicians, teachers, and clergymen, are unable to socialize without drinking, and beer and wine are a huge business. I suspect that many of our representatives are themselves alcohol addicts. There seems to exist a long-standing silent consensus among those in power that the consumption of beer, wine, champagne, and schnapps is a cultural necessity whatever the costs. A tragic deadlock, and a threat for social progress and the prosperity of future generations.
On a global scale the situation is not much better; alcohol remains one of the deadliest enemies of our evolution as spiritual beings and stewards of planet Earth. No wonder that all religions (including Christianity before the Church corrupted Christ's teachings*) have banned its use except as medicine!
Prohibition didn't work in the 1920s in America, and it wouldn't work anywhere today. What is needed is a more meaningful, spiritual outlook on life, a more responsible and creative economy, and a more just distribution of resources. But when will humanity achieve this goal?
*cf. the Gospel of the Essenes, discovered by Edmond Szekely
picture: "Child's Prospect", collage by Daroy Lin
Of course i can guess why the issue is taboo: the majority of Luxembourgers, including politicians, teachers, and clergymen, are unable to socialize without drinking, and beer and wine are a huge business. I suspect that many of our representatives are themselves alcohol addicts. There seems to exist a long-standing silent consensus among those in power that the consumption of beer, wine, champagne, and schnapps is a cultural necessity whatever the costs. A tragic deadlock, and a threat for social progress and the prosperity of future generations.
On a global scale the situation is not much better; alcohol remains one of the deadliest enemies of our evolution as spiritual beings and stewards of planet Earth. No wonder that all religions (including Christianity before the Church corrupted Christ's teachings*) have banned its use except as medicine!
Prohibition didn't work in the 1920s in America, and it wouldn't work anywhere today. What is needed is a more meaningful, spiritual outlook on life, a more responsible and creative economy, and a more just distribution of resources. But when will humanity achieve this goal?
*cf. the Gospel of the Essenes, discovered by Edmond Szekely
picture: "Child's Prospect", collage by Daroy Lin
Access: Public
