Liquor Ruins Country, Family and Life

Or so I’ve been told by this bottle of beer in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India.

beer

I hope they did not list these in order of importance, because I think ruining my life and my family is a bit more of a compelling reason not to drink than ruining my country.

Still, I tend to think that while it might ruin some countries, families and lives, we should not get too carried away with over generalizations printed on EVERY bottle.

8 comments

  1. @ fortkboy1965

    I thought it was a marketing ploy meant to say that since liquor does all that damage, maybe you should stick to beer!

  2. I wonder if it is an extreme version of the Surgeon General warning alcohol and cigarettes have in the United States?

  3. @ Conall

    That is an interesting take on the label (he types while drinking some Four Roses blended whiskey).

  4. Well, I drank the beer.

    No news yet about my country, family or life being ruined yet, but the bottle didn’t give any sort of time line, so I will have to keep you posted.

  5. I am a little concerned about the lack of specificity regarding the alcohol content of the beer. ‘Above 6%’ leaves a lot of room for variance in the alcohol content of the beer. 6.2% is over 6%, but so is 40%.

    Perhaps that’s the reasoning behind the warning. You never know if you’re getting a 6.2% or 40% alcohol by volume. I can see how a six pack of 40% alcohol beer could put the hurt on one’s country, family or life.

  6. i like the dire threats regarding country, family and life, and yet the beer appears to be locally produced and sales limited to that locality. With such negative effects, I would have expected this to be more of an export.

  7. @ mark: But notice the label doesn’t indicate who’s country would be destroyed. Maybe drinking beer in India has cataclysmic effect upon another nation. You know…. like the Butterfly Effect.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *