https://www.auricmedia.net/alcohol-said ... ng-spirit/The word “alcohol” is said to come from the arabic term “Al-khul” which means “BODY-EATING SPIRIT” (also, is the origin of the term” ghoul”).
edededed wrote:I can jive with that. (Alcohol is not sacred.)
edededed wrote:Probably silly ancient people assumed that the visions that they saw were from the gods (and not just delusions from extreme drunkenness).
Buddhism does have the 5 precepts (五戒) though, the fifth of which is to not drink alcohol. But of course nobody really follows this anymore in Japan (even the monks) - alcohol is quite persuasive after all.
At any rate, drunken men vomiting/peeing on train platforms, performing stupid stunts at drinking parties, sneaking touches and photos of cabaret girls... not sacred. At least they don't fight much here though.
More seriously - alcohol is one of the great pacifiers of the populace here that allows the government to do what it likes, like raise taxes (again). Whatever they do, they then use the media to point to food/alcohol, sports, etc. and it is all good!
Steve James wrote:Abstaining from alcohol is for monks.
Trick wrote:Steve James wrote:Abstaining from alcohol is for monks.
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