Comments on: Nanny staters target Anheuser-Busch and Miller

By: At least for now, Miller’s ‘Sparks Red’ won’t fly

At least for now, Miller’s ‘Sparks Red’ won’t fly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:57:11 +0000

[…] reported here earlier this year, CSPI whined for months about caffeinated alcohol beverages–which it labels […]

By: jb

jb — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:09:01 +0000

The problem with the nanny state isn’t “nanny,” it’s “state.”

All these bans are perfectly reasonable things for a parent to try to enforce on his or her own kids, and deal with the success or failure thereof. They’re absolutely outrageous for the government to try to do, or to spend money on.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:08:48 +0000

Todd… you still don’t get it. Just listen to Mr. Garnder. Just repeat the mantra and ignore any urge to question or use reason. All together now:

It’s for the children…
It’s for the children…
It’s for the children…

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:03:39 +0000

I thus invoke Chris Rock: "People love to get high."

More anecdotes: In Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War, there was a zero-tolerance policy w/respect to alcohol. But, strangely enough, everyone had alcohol. I "heard" about people fermenting and distilling cool-aid packets with the yeast to make bread, and a few other additives. I "imagine" it tasted like...well, but it got the job done without the blindness.

Kids are just as creative as nineteen year old Marine lance corporals. Whether it's huffing a box of Whip-its, sniffing White-Out, draining a little vodka from dad's bar, burning the roach in your brother's car ash-tray, paying some dude in the parking lot to buy you some Little Kings, finding a way to siphon a little beer from a tap line beneath a local bar, hyperventilating, crushing Viveran, bumming Ritalin, or slurping second-hand cocktails like Spaulding in Caddyshack, you just can't legislate good behavior.

When I was in college, the university enacted an "Anti-binge-drinking coalition." Too bad the faculty advisor got a DUI, and the student-president got cited for public intox. People love to get high. Just ask any marathon runner or triathlete.

By: yojoe

yojoe — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:18:04 +0000

We must protect children. Kids can see bad things on the internet, thus destroy the internet.

Remember, children are the future.

yojoe

By: Dave Lincoln

Dave Lincoln — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:03:20 +0000

Yeah, Smurfy, enjoying the flavor indeed, till the room dorm rooms starts spinning around at 60 rpm.

Just having a flashback to an experience with a small bottle of blackberry brandy – well, it sounded good on paper!

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:20:39 +0000

Kuwait and Iran also have absolute bans on alcohol. But (not surprisingly) they and Saudi Arabia have to deal with alcoholism problems among their populations.

How they do that varies, of course, but my pick of the place not to be is Iran these days.

By: smurfy

smurfy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:50:10 +0000

I hope this suit does suceed in ruining this industry.

Kids should have to suffer through intolerably bad cheap beer in order to get drunk, just like I did. Spoiled brats, drinking alcohol and enjoying the flavor as well as the effects.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:37:59 +0000

ah but if they could make all alcohol containing products taste like rubbing alcohol then perhaps no one would drink at all including the grownups. Next they need additives to make sugars and fats and anything else that’s not great for you but tastes good taste bad… Then you won’t like it.

By: JTheRock

JTheRock — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:26:02 +0000

Where does it end? you know Jagermeister tastes like black liquorice…opps! dont tell CSPI. I concur “Paul” , bad parenting is no excuse allowing extremely intrusive groups such as CSPI.