>>>Well, OK, and it is probably less harmful than many other ways that people consider "having fun" - like consuming dangerous products (alcohol, etc.), or gambling.
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>>Like every thing in the life.. There is "people" and people !
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>>Some people are not ready even to drink milk.. I don't drink any alcohol beverage (I love milk :)).. Or smoke as well.. But, there is some people that does it well (socially speaking).. And, some not..
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>>The bad side of that, is sometime carnival it's used for excuses of some exaggerated behaviors.. But, sometimes, there is some people that even find excuses in the church to produce the evil..
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>>I try to understand that as the normal cycle of life..
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>That's perhaps the best approach, at least when you can't change it. But perhaps we can educate our neighbors a little, about some innapropriate behavior. Well, we have tried for a long time, but it turns out to be almost impossible. I have cases where a man died because of cirhosis (due to alcohol, of course), and the family then remembered him, at his funeral, with lots of alcohol. So, it seams people don't learn fast.
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>Changing the World sometimes seems an impossible task for mere humans, but I still believe that through the will of God it is possible.
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>Hilmar.

Hilmar;

God gave us free will and the responsibility to use it. We do well to be the best we can be. Some people do not try to do well they just exist. We cannot change others but we can pray for them.

Tom