On 2014-11-04 at 15:03:59 +0100, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote: > WHO data [1] does not corroborate it. Both countries have comparable > litres per capita per year. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
litres per capita drunk aren't very indicative of the way the presence of alcool at an event is related to social pressure at drinking; it is a bad indicator for lots of other things, actually, since it is expecially bad at distinguing between a population of mostly moderate drinkers and one where people are mostly at the extremes of the scale (either non-drinkers or heavy drinkers). I also feel that it is probably more of a problem in some cultures than in others: at all of the FLOSS social events I've been in Italy alcool was plenty, but the emphasis was on food [1]_ and a significant minority (me included) didn't drink without receiving any comment. .. [1] here there may have been some discrimination, in that vegetarians were provided for, but do suffer some social stigma. -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk