Posts Tagged: BBADD
BBADD: New Rules in British Columbia
Posted by on Monday, May 3, 2010 in - leave a comment
Newspapers are full of the new heightened administrative penalties for blowing over the limit(s) in Canada's left coast province of British Columbia. Here is a good explanation of what the new rules look like: • Anyone who fails a roadside breath test will face a 90-day driving ban, a $500 fine …
Further Olympic Related Drinking Problems
Posted by on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 in - 5 comments
It is inevitable, I suppose, that folks get all whipped up and excited when the big event comes to their town but this is getting a little weird: • A B.C. government MLA is facing drunk-driving charges after an evening of Olympic-related events. In statement issued Tuesday afternoon, North …
Who Are The "We" In The Good Beer Community?
Posted by on Saturday, January 23, 2010 in - 14 comments
Martyn, the wise Zythophile, made an observation yesterday that includes a per-supposition that I am not sure has been explored: • It's not said often enough in this argument: we drink because we enjoy it, and the overall happiness that brings to society, I would suggest, vastly outweighs any …
Are There Too Many Questions About What's Too Many?
Posted by on Thursday, January 21, 2010 in - 4 comments
Lots of talk around these days. Pete has posted his series on the media and stories about representing alcohol use in the UK. Jay has had a mirroring series that has been a theem for sometime. I am still not fully satisfied because, while Pete and Jay each have honestly shared past experience … read more »
BBADD: UK 'Fraidy Cats To Ban Beer Glasses
Posted by on Monday, August 24, 2009 in - 8 comments
'Fraidy cats. The world is full of them. BBADD has no time for them. Yes, beer bloggers should be against crime and dumbness that leads to real harm but 'fraidy cats are not worried in the same way. They want to sweat the small stuff... but then try to make it look big like this: • The UK …
BBADD: Stop The Lawnmower Madness!!!
Posted by on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 in - 1 comment
It takes time to start a movement and especially one that is not humourless. So it is with some relief we have such an early example of the sort of behavior that I would think all beer bloggers can agree is way out of line: • ...authorities said that didn't stop the 49-year-old man from … read more »
BBADD: So What Now? Surely Not A Manifesto!
Posted by on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 in - 2 comments
The reaction has been interesting to the idea of BBADD. From those in the trade, there's a reluctance to look anything like MADD or to discuss the negatives related to craft beer. That makes sense. No one, at least as a first reaction, wants the product they depend on for a living to be associated …
BBADD: Beer Bloggers Against Drunk Driving
Posted by on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in - 4 comments
I was thinking the other day about scare-dee cats. While good beer for fans is fun, easy, relaxing and genial for others it can be another nail in the coffin of the moral and secure society we all grew up with or supposedly wished we did. There is something about this dichotomy that makes no sense …
