H.L. Mencken once said: “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
Here, I would suggest, is one of those times. One of the features of the Christmas season Over Here is the parade of the Festive Coca-Cola truck through the towns of Britishland:
Needless to say, this simple festive gesture/marketing campaign has fallen foul of the Usual Fucking Killjoys:
Head of Public Health England says annual marketing campaign targets areas where children suffer from higher rates of tooth decay and obesity
No doubt this tool’s Murkin counterparts are going to copy this rationale and target our beloved Budweiser Clydesdales for similar treatment, on grounds of beer-drunkenness.
On the advice of Mr. Mencken, therefore, allow me to offer this simple thought:
Beer-drunkenness? I thought you were talking about Budweiser? As the late lamented Col. Jeff Cooper (PBUH) said, you can get drunk on American beer, but you have to work at it. He was of course talking before the explosion of excellent American craft beers, it’s a GOOD time to be a beer drinker.
On the other hand (where I also have five fingers) we’d probably get some PETA-types complaining about animal enslavement of the Clydesdales, or some such horse-manure (if you’ll pardon the expression).
I was going to post a snarky comment about those poor, abused horses being forced to pull their own urine around, but I see you beat me to it:-D.
Now if they were hauling Shiner Bock, that would be a worthy use of their labor!
That’s why you harness the PETA members. Then horsewhip them up to highway speed. 🙂
> Head of Public Health England says annual marketing campaign targets areas where children suffer from higher rates of tooth decay and obesity
So what are the parents – you know, the responsible people – going to do about it?
You’re assuming they have involved parents.
They’d be lucky to have an involved single mother, but they are most likely birthed by a welfare slag.