The station is no doubt right-leaning, and while that may not initially be a problem because like you say, all info is subject to interpretation. I laughed when i first saw them advertising their "fair and balanced" bull. What a sham! The liberals they do have on their show are watered down and they are probably friends behind the camera anyways. If their viewers don't know that Fox is conservative then again i underestimate the people on this planet. To make them more biased, they derive their ideology from their religious roots. Hannity has said this on his show multiple times.

That something else doesn't have to be in liquid form. You forget that substances can be injected, smoked, huffed, and also put into food :(. So yes society would probably find something else do alter their consciousness with.

Well said. Alcohol is ingrained in many of the world's societies. Yes alcohol can be bad for you, but thats only if you abuse it. When moderation is applied, it is a very enjoyable substance. Its when PEOPLE abuse it or misuse it do problems arise. Yes it technically does you harm when you drink say 7 or 8 beers or take 5 or 6 shots, but there are so many other things that people put in their body that aren't even drugs and can do you harm. McDonald's dollar menu is eaten every day, and that stuff sure as hell isn't good for you, but its convenient. What would the world without alcohol be like? Another drug would probably take its place. It's clear that a portion of society just likes to get intoxicated, so that need would be fulfilled by other means.

Sound's pretty retributive to me, is that the kind of mentality that we should be having?

I agree. The death penalty is the easy way out. Those who commit crimes worthy of the death penalty should pay for their crimes in this life. Not to mention that it only creates more victims. It's extremely retributive; shouldn't prisons work to reform the offender, even if they will be in for life?