and Ecstasy, which pushers thrust on people without the slightest compunction and with utter ruthlessness. The contemporary social scene, especially for young people who go clubbing, requires constant vigilance in case drinks are laced without their knowledge. Getting people drunk is likely to have been but one example of Babylonian humiliation of her defeated enemies. ‘The imperial conqueror degrades and humiliates those whom he has conquered, in order to rob them of their self-respect and destroy