Our booze blues

June 22, 2008

We know it brings chaos to our city streets, we know it destroys families, we know it's responsible for violence and domestic abuse, we know it's killing us, so why do we still love to drink? Ian Bell looks at our love affair with alcohol

There are certain cherished sayings we could probably live without. And by "live" I mean exactly that. Here's one redolent, supposedly, of the Scottish national character: Freedom and whisky gang thegither. What's wrong with that sentiment? Perhaps the fact that it is only slightly less egregious, muddled and downright dangerous than asserting that alcopops and human dignity combine nicely.

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