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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (2886)	10/16/2006 4:41:29 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

"In my fraternity in college ... The drinking culture of the past couple of decades on college campuses is very different than it was in the 60s and 70s. You didn't mention your fraternity experience decade, so I'm assuming it wasn't the 60-70 period or that it wasn't typical of that period. apples and oranges. "The incidence of mental disorders is dramatically higher in families with a high incidence of alcoholism. Many believe that alcoholics are drawn to alcohol or drugs as a form of self-medication. Your position here has been that Bush qualifies as a one of the typical clinical cases of mental disorder. I don't see any reason to draw such a conclusion based on what we know of his history over the past thirty plus years ... the leap you are making is equivalent to me saying I like water, so I must want to destroy the world with a flood. No need to start building your arc. gem