Well, not exactly. Gin is made from juniper berries. And juniper berries are not actually berries, but female seed cone (read pinecones). THIS IS WHY IT TASTES LIKE CHRISTMAS TREES, which (in our opinion) is a very good thing. Gin is basically just vodka.
The most selfish thing a person can do is to show that he/she is the most selfless person in this world... As most of the people try to show off their act of selflessness and the very same moment this act become selfish...
What's wrong is when a person will kill for or put others into harm for this greater purpose. Some people just want to feel significant, they want to feel like they matter and can have some kind of impact on other's lives. Maslow would call this the a humans desire of legacy.