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Hi. OK, you're having your fun with your "drugs and alcohol" --> "drugs (including alcohol)" edits, but note that your usage is contrary to normal English language usage: see Google which shows up approx 908,000 occurrences of "drugs and alcohol" against 25,400 for "drugs (including alcohol)". For over 20 years I had

>>>"Software piracy" is normal English usage, this doesn't mean it's NPOV. The correct term is "copyright infringement". Normal English usage can still contain cultural bias.

to comply with my company's "Drugs and Alcohol Policy". It is normal in English usage to distinguish alcohol from other drugs. You claim in the Eric Clapton edit summary that '"drugs and alcohol" implies alcohol

>>>The phrase "drugs including alcohol" acknowledges that Western society treats alchohol differently to many other drugs.

is somehow morally different to other drugs.' -- apart from the fact that alcohol is a major source of taxation revenue for most governments which most other drugs are not, the fact remains that normal usage is to make the distinction between them. I intend to bring this argument up for community consensus, and when

>>>As does the phrase "drugs including alcohol", so your point is invalid.

as I confidently expect, my view is supported I intend to revert all your changes. -- Arwel 00:26, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

>>>Your intention is detrimental to Wikipedia, and I intend to strongly defend NPOV.