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Originally Posted by Anonymous Coward
Yes, you are told that this is an essential practice, but this argument is really stretching the point. First of all, whether you believe it or not, at the point in the ritual, it is no longer considered wine. It is one cup (not the fluid measurement) shared between a number of people, probably 50 to 100. It is only a sip. The only one to drink more is the priest or assistant finishing the cup at the end of that portion of the ritual. There is no encouragement of the use of wine to any other use outside the ritual. Not to mention that even though the use is encouraged, even in children, it is still optional for the congregation to the point that the practice is sometimes suspended in the event of a contagious disease outbreak.
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I think you’re missing my point: a joint has as much ill effects on the world as a sip of wine does, a glass of wine can kill. The notion that the extended war on drugs has any moral basis is stupid. If it had a moral basis, you might see proportionate regulation of drugs according to their social use risks, but we don’t.