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Originally posted by bilmore
A. It's their party.
B. They may not care at all that people are drinkers. They may simply not wish to have their party ruined (subjective, I know, but it is their party) by drunken guests. If you don't drink, you likely have a fairly low tolerance for "drunkenness." It's not the status as a "drinker", or even the act of drinking in front of them - it's the result of the drink that they dislike.
And, chewing up the rotting flesh only works as an analogy if it changes their behavior, or if they're spitting it out in your face, like a smoker.
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Sure, if its your party, you get to make the menu. I understand.
BUT, if you're at dinner with many guests, and everybody is paying, you don't get to gripe about the vino flowing.
This issue is simple... Some folks don't have strong belief systems. I'm one of them. I just do what I do and accomodate others. Seems fair and its an easy comprimise which always keeps the peace. HOWEVER, there are these other people who feel strongly about certain things, and they don't comprimise. They "break the peace" so to say, for their own selfish reasons. They complicate everything, and that's annoying. I tolerate them (and it takes tremendoud tongue biting), so I don't understand why they won't tolerate me.
