Post #66037 by martiki on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 5:24 PM

On 2003-12-21 20:43, Kono wrote:
I wouldn't be a-fearing it. Most of the "bad press" that absinthe got, back in the day, was due to it's effects on chronic users. Try it when you don't have to get up early the next day. It really does taste bad though. Really really bad..have the sugar ready.

Some also feel that the blindness and madness that was reportedly caused by absinthe use was actually caused by syphillus (sp?) which was rampant among French artists at the time.