[OSM-talk] discussion: inclusion and alcohol

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Joseph,

During millions of years of evolution eating and drinking together meant
that people belonged to the same tribe. Drinking together is beneficial
for a group cohesion. It is in our culture and in our genes.

Certainly, if I go to a sport event people drink tea and water there. I
just wanted to say that at a large social gathering people may have a
choice what to drink without being conspicuous, without imposing an
agenda to others.

brgds
Oleksiy

On 05.11.2014 11:56, Joseph Reeves wrote:
> Oleksly,
>
> >As for the inclusion, - the industry provides nowadays a large choice of
> >alcohol-free beer, wine, sparkling wine [1]. And even alcohol-free
> >vodka, alcohol-free whiskey, tequila, brandy, etc. [2].
>
> I don't think we should be relying on the alcohol producers to be
> providing us with opportunities for inclusion. You're basically saying
> "hide the fact that you don't drink alcohol" whereas the message I got
> from the discussion was "we need to provide social events that don't
> revolve around (at least some people) drinking alcohol".
>
> >If one drinks cola or orange juice at a social event, people start to
> >ask questions
>
> You're going to the wrong social events.
>
> Cheers, Joseph
>
>

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