MT--please read my post next time before attacking me personally.

My post does not include "Westerner"; nor does it say all who drink alcohol are addicts.

My point is to the "some people" who get violently angry over the issue of restaurants not allowing alcohol. I used the example of my enjoyment of lamb. I enjoy it, but do not get angry if a group of restaurants prohibit it. I suspect normal drinkers of alcohol are similar--they may prefer it with a meal but can manage without it and can go about there business without being enraged. Addicts are a different case altogether.