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Papa
Hemingway
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Where
are you crying out, but unheeded? What then do you say? Feel? Act?
(Serendipity Bible, 10th Anniversary Edition, page 1303).
For
a great while I have cried out against alcohol. I think it has
profound effects upon the human brain of which were are unaware or
only dimly so. I think the brain has telemetric capacity that is
critical for human survival and which capacity is damaged by alcohol.
Man is arrogant in the extreme to assume that all thoughts originate
within the confines of his skull.
My
warnings regarding alcohol even to my friends go unheeded and
dismissed. Unfortunately I live in a society that irresponsibly
allows alcohol to be marketed and promoted without any significant
restrictions whatever. We think based upon our decisions that it is
more detrimental for a child to have chain smokers for parents rather
than drunks. This is so sad and absurd as not to deserve comment.
Creativity
is essential for human survival. It is my firm belief that alcohol
impairs the creative function. People will say that noted writers
have been drunkards. Let’s not assume that we can always accurately
discern messages from divinity and automatically assume that that
which pleases our prejudices, cynicism, and passions is always best
for us.
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