It must be what happens when people get ice cream headaches that never go away. They start writing studies and reports about the certain, widespread and accepted evils of beer, like this one:
...the study found that 35 percent of the kids agreed that a Budweiser beer ad featuring a rock star ferret replacing talking lizards as the official beer mascot made them want to buy Budweiser. In contrast, only 5 percent said an Anheuser Busch beer ad focusing on a "Legacy of Quality" made them want to buy the beer. Of the 66 beers ads shown to the children, only five did not have elements -- humor, music, people characters, animal characters and story -- that appealed to kids.The study's authors conclude that their work provides further proof that alcohol advertising influences children who are years away from being able to drink legally. Seeing as the ads on TV by used car guys selling wrecked junkers to fools use humor, music, people characters, animal characters and story I would suppose that the authors of the beer study might conclude that moderately maintained mid-80s cars ought to be outlawed as well.
It never occurs to them that the issue is only about the power of TV ads and has nothing to do with beer.
Comments
JustMe - October 21, 2005 12:19 PM
The main problem with people like this is, they do not realize that, in most states for children under the age of 21 it is perfectly legal for them to drink. They must be under the supervision of thier parents of course. The point being this is all smoke and mirrors by the prohibitionists. We would not expect to give a child any other resposibility without proper experience would we? How about we just throw car keys to anyone whom had reached the age of 16, without andy driving experience or classes? Yet we do that with to many minors in regards to alchohol. This is directly a cause of binge drinking, D.U.I.'s and other alchohol related offences. We as a nation need to get passed the notion that all alchohol is bad. Moderate consumption is a blessing and a responsibility, and like any responsibilty our youth must be trained to deal with it.
Oskar - October 27, 2005 11:20 AM
Agree with the above post in that in US their is an "evilness" associated with drinking. If drinking was not as vivlified in our culture than bingedrinking, when we are "allowed" to drink wouldn't be as prevelant.
Why go slug down 12-15 beers of crappy bee at a kegger when you can enjoy a bottle of craft brewed goodness with pops at home?