INDIANS and ALCOHOL

Well, well, well, people have a lot of different ways to make the mainstream headlines, looks like the Indians have picked up a few tips from Palleywood. Now we have the South Dakota American-Indian tribe in the headlines to do with a court case to do with alcohol. [1]

Take responsibility for co-creation guys and gals, I do not see anyone pouring it down your throats except for yourselves.

$500 million, good try. It is written in the report that the Oglala Sioux Tribe, are claiming that 'on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation one in four children suffers foetal disorders caused by alcohol abuse.' 


So where is the research to back it up? Is it usual for a woman to drink alcohol while she is pregnant? No, of course not. One doesn't have to be spiritual to have common sense either. Do the Indian tribes have any common sense? Many foetal disorders are due to inter-breeding. 


If the tribe are suffering from alcohol-related issues you can just imagine what else is going on there. You know what happens in a closed shop!  From personal experience I've found the American Indians to be very closed indeed. With the men that I came up against, it was their way or no way. Same old male dominated society. Is it any wonder that there is what they call 'alcohol related issues in the community?'


It begins in childhood. You may well ask why all the Indian leaders of the tribes are men!


Nothing has really changed has it? Still the same old male controlled culture. I tell you, I can smell a fish, and there is going to be skeletons that fall out of the cupboards of the Indians. 


LOL and at that same time there is a US-style alcohol test from South Dakota planned to be used on Londoners. Do give me a break. The US can't even sort out its own nation and Indians, let alone bring its tests to UK shores. Whatever next! We have a saying in England, 'You can't teach others how to drive the car until you have learned to drive it yourself.'


Can you understand it? They're planning to electronically tag anyone that they consider drinks too much and test them every half hour, if the people are not sober, they plan to imprison them. Its no wonder that some are calling the intention of the British government 'Draconian'. [2] Who do they think they are? Goodness gracious me, whatever next? The Home Office has pledged 400,000 for a pilot scheme. 


Alcohol is a health issue and not an issue for the Home Office. Its to do with the root causes of the core issues, and they can vary dependent on the culture and life experiences of the person involved. 


At the same time schools in the UK are closed due to the snow and that made me laugh because the LORD said 'No school, schools out'. 


ELIAKIM JOSEPH-SOPHIA 

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16976700
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16970501