The Finnish Are So Happy They Are Drinking Themselves To Death In Record Numbers I'd drink too, if it were daylight 6 months at a time. So the Fins lowered tariffs on alcohol and this increased imports. Why be surprised that more alcohol is consumed when booze is cheap and Finnish women are ugly? What is surprising is that these numbskulls drink themselves TO DEATH. I have seen goldfish with more self-control. That doesn't even count the fact that alcohol is involved in two-thirds of all violent acts in Finland. In America we have to fall back on the "Bitch just didn't know when to shut up" excuses when schooling our ho's. In Finland they can blame it on that demon whiskey, errrr ... whiskey, I guess, is the name for it, which sounds a lot more exculpatory. If you happen to be Bill Buckley you know what that word means. And if you are Bill Buckley, why are you reading my blog? Article Here