02-12-2009, 03:33 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Feb 12 2009, 10:20 AM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Feb 12 2009, 10:20 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bodhi, "pub culture" is something totally different from what you describe. Just like the Shinto Japanese drinking their Saki in their traditional inns is not the same.
You're merely talking about the consumption of some alcoholic (or otherwise intoxicating) beverage at a dedicated place where this was sold and socially consumed. And that's where the similarity of the Hindu/Shinto situation with respect to modern 'culture' ends. One can't draw a straight line between the two.
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what i posted should only be taken in sense of a tidbit and nothing more of course.
You're merely talking about the consumption of some alcoholic (or otherwise intoxicating) beverage at a dedicated place where this was sold and socially consumed. And that's where the similarity of the Hindu/Shinto situation with respect to modern 'culture' ends. One can't draw a straight line between the two.
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what i posted should only be taken in sense of a tidbit and nothing more of course.