Culture Wars
Carrie Nation in New Jersey
by Clay Staggs
You know, sometimes an organization outlives its usefulness. MADD is one of those organizations. Everyone everywhere has gotten their point, agreed with them, and changed laws and enforcement practices. Rather than deeming their efforts successful and disbanding, they’ve morphed into the neo-prohibitionist ninnies that now just annoy everybody.
That includes the Flying Fish Brewing Co. of Cherry Hill, NJ. You see, they have had the temerity to name a new line of beers they’re brewing after famous exits from the New Jersey Turnpike, one of which is quite near their facility. MADD has condemned this, saying, “The combination of a roadway and advertising for any kind of a beer doesn’t make any kind of sense. This is almost a mockery.”
Oh, it’s a mockery alright.
I frequently lament the loss of logic (or, in other words, old-fashioned common sense) in American culture. This is yet another example. What on earth does the beer name have to do with driving drunk? Absolutely nothing. Does that stop MADD from making idiots of themselves? Of course not. What else do they have to do?
Posted by Clay Staggs at July 15, 2009 02:41 PM