On Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 10:23:24 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:

On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 12:42:22 AM UTC-8, dan....@gmail.com wrote:

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10:59:51 PM UTC-8, Herman wrote:

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10:54:37 PM UTC+1, Frank Berger wrote:

I defer to your expertise, though there is a difference
between drinking (even a lot) and alcoholism, which was the
original question.

Frank's question was totally legit. A lot of
these stories about conductors and soloists
are made up, handed down dozens of times over
and embellished.

Saying 'but these people are Russians!' is
just about the worst stereotype.

A lot of names mentioned here were not Russian.

You have clearly not lived in Eastern Europe.
There are vast swaths of land were alcoholism
is endemic. Stop lecturing about political
correctness and reconnect with reality.

dk

(Youtube upload):

Russia's Alcohol Problem

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-troops-dying-ukraine-due-131153932.html

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