greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 21
st, 2020 at 12:03pm:
Mix_Master wrote on Nov 21
st, 2020 at 10:41am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 21
st, 2020 at 10:14am:
Interesting Sad to see who condones this sort of thing:
Intimate partner violence refers to any behaviour within
an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm to those in that relationship. It includes acts of physical
aggression (slapping, hitting, kicking or beating), psychological abuse
(intimidation, constant belittling or humiliation), forced sexual inter-
course or any other controlling behaviour (isolating a person from
family and friends, monitoring their movements and restricting access
to information or assistance). Alcohol consumption, especially at harmful and hazardous levels is a major contributor to the occurrence of intimate partner violence and links between the two are manifold.
So, it seems that you are saying "If you like a beer, you are an inveterate wife beater".
Long bow, anyone?
I'm saying nothing of the sort.
Paranoid much? No. Why would I be?
You've quoted an article which "links" harmful-level alcohol consumption with DV, and then suggested (in your question about "condoning" such behaviour) that people who drink are likely to perpetrate DV.
Not all people who drink commit DV (in any of its forms).
Not all people who commit DV, drink. Many, probably don't.
Then, you go on to ask this question:
Quote: Why would banning alcohol in a foreign country trigger someone in Australia sooooooo much?
I suspect the "triggering" was more about your comment "If it were banned here, I couldn't care less", rather than what happens in Indonesia. In fact, I'd go one step further. The "triggering" is probably more about your attempts to "paint" anyone who rejects the idea of such a ban here as being "alcohol dependent", and adopting something of a smug, superior attitude to those same worthies.
I like a beer, and would be opposed to a ban here. I'd also oppose it there, because the people calling for it occupy some 147 seats in a 550+seat Parliament. I.e. they do not represent the majority of people in the country, much less the people of Bali.
Does that make me "triggered"? No.
Because I like a beer, does that make me guilty of DV? No. (Married for 24 years, and she's still here...must count for something, you'd think?)
This may come as a shock, but defending something (such as the freedom to drink alcoholic beverages) does not in and of itself make the defender a "triggered" alcoholic...
Much like the defenders of Free Speech...something like "I utterly reject what you are saying...but would defend to the death your right to say it!"