Tuesday, July 29, 2008
An entire wage on beer
by Claudia Sonea
Why do people like alcohol? This is a question that doesn’t cease to haunt me. As a matter of fact there is thought that beer preceded bread as a staple. However, the only sure thing about fermented beverage is that it had existed at least as early as 10000 BC. For Greek mythology lovers alcohol reminds of the God Dionysus and the frenzy he induced, arguing that in fact alcohol renders the spirit free. Would that be the reason why an Australian man spend about 1000 Australian dollars a week on beer?
According to the Northern Territory News Tuesday edition Michael Leary, a construction worker who was convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge spent the amount mentioned above. His defense lawyer tried to justify his behavior as a mean of trying to forget the break up with his partner five years ago. That makes the hypothesis of Dionysus valid as alcohol helps to put an end to care and worry, a way to free oneself.
If it was true or nor, if he used beer to forget or just for pleasure, that will remain a mystery. Yet, Leary was lucky enough to escape jail as the magistrate Vince Luppino considered that the defendant quit drinking and he added a prohibition to hold or buy beer in the next 12 months. That will be quite a challenge for the father of four children who used to spend more than some earn in a week for nothing else than alcohol. Don’t go away, his story continues…for sure!
related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080715/od_nm/beer_dc;_ylt=AtUNPj3SqUhs1SDGXAp2RQis0NUE
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posted by Lucia Adamova
According to the Northern Territory News Tuesday edition Michael Leary, a construction worker who was convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge spent the amount mentioned above. His defense lawyer tried to justify his behavior as a mean of trying to forget the break up with his partner five years ago. That makes the hypothesis of Dionysus valid as alcohol helps to put an end to care and worry, a way to free oneself.
If it was true or nor, if he used beer to forget or just for pleasure, that will remain a mystery. Yet, Leary was lucky enough to escape jail as the magistrate Vince Luppino considered that the defendant quit drinking and he added a prohibition to hold or buy beer in the next 12 months. That will be quite a challenge for the father of four children who used to spend more than some earn in a week for nothing else than alcohol. Don’t go away, his story continues…for sure!
related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080715/od_nm/beer_dc;_ylt=AtUNPj3SqUhs1SDGXAp2RQis0NUE
| by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv) |
PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are original content from young talents around the world and are selected for you by Chris Cantell.</font><br>
posted by Lucia Adamova
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