tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post3705532731299234642..comments2024-03-28T13:58:37.846-04:00Comments on The Passionate Foodie: Wine is Prozac's Competitor?Richard Auffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-75535601071867662812008-03-17T22:16:00.000-04:002008-03-17T22:16:00.000-04:00France has been a hotbed of psychiatry for over 20...France has been a hotbed of psychiatry for over 200 years. Make no mistake, psych drugs are big business and ethics are not high on their list. Witness the attacks on our children in schools. But don’t get me started. <BR/><BR/>The pharmaceutical have our health and happiness al the lowest priority. It is the proliferation of psych drugs that is important and the billions that it generates. Natural health care practices have been under attack for the last 20 years. It does not surprise me that they would see wine as the competition. Or even more insidious, trying to equate psych drugs with wine. Hey, if wine needs warning adds and it isn’t dangerous, then neither are psych drugs.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for being a downer, but that is the way it is.Taster Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488365147779151530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-905707920165699272008-03-14T08:34:00.000-04:002008-03-14T08:34:00.000-04:00Ahhh...okay! I actually took your comments a littl...Ahhh...okay! I actually took your comments a little differently, but now I see your point. I totally agree!Gabriella Opazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446489631141921802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-76950105113356698982008-03-14T08:26:00.000-04:002008-03-14T08:26:00.000-04:00Hi Gabriella! Always good to get your input. :)...Hi Gabriella!<BR/> Always good to get your input. :)<BR/><BR/> As to your last point, no it does not negate what I have previously said at all. My statement does not contradict anything I have said before. <BR/><BR/> I never stated that educating children about wine per se was wrong. What I was concerned with is that such education absolutely needed parental support. Without that parental support, without those parents reinforcing the message of responsible drinking, then you could have problems. <BR/><BR/>If Johnny goes to school, learns about wine but comes home to a drunken father every night, he probably is not going to fully grasp the concept of responsible drinking. A "wine culture" must include far more than just wine classes in school. It must touch on many other aspects of society. And must start with the parents.<BR/><BR/>And you previously granted that parental involvement was necessary. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks as always.Richard Auffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-90659942750686468762008-03-14T03:25:00.000-04:002008-03-14T03:25:00.000-04:00First off, I'm glad that someone gave some explana...First off, I'm glad that someone gave some explanation behind France's decision to place new warning on their labels, albeit subjective. I had read about this decision about a month ago, feeling absolutely disillusioned that France would fall victim to such bureaucracy. I had always imagined France as the wine utopia, continually fighting to keep the romance of wine alive and vibrant throughout the world. <BR/><BR/>Secondarily, I'm equally shocked that France is the highest consuming nation of anti-depressants! I could imagine a dozens of other countries that would rank higher if only for their physical conditions alone, not to mention their emotional and mental states of constantly lacking basic resources. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, and you know I have to do this Richard ;-) but isn't your statement "Though, I might grant that a wine culture, where responsible wine drinking is instilled in people throughout their lives, from children to adults, could help decrease alcoholism" supporting our prior thesis on Catavino about children being exposed to wine as a positive influence, while negating your previous thesis that exposing wine education to children may lead them towards alcoholism.Gabriella Opazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446489631141921802noreply@blogger.com