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There Are No Divisive Topics, Only Divided People.

mais oui!

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The blonde isn't where it's at. It's the rousse that's good.

Who doesn't like rousses anyways?

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Let's get back on-topic: beer.

Beer might be the least divisive topic of them all.
I mean, sure, some people like craft beer and others enjoy swill, but most of us can agree that Beer > No Beer.

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Redheads might even be less divisive a topic. We can all agree that 1)theyre crazy and 2)theyre crazy hot.
 
I work with a guy who doesn't like coffee or beer. I always rag on him for having the palate of a 14 year old girl.
There were enough people who didn't like beer about a century ago that they made it illegal nationally to produce. It wasn't until our nation's finest president -- the honorable Jimmy Carter -- that we were finally given back the legal right to brew our own.
 
My interpretation is that there can be multiple view points on a topic; the problem is that people can become emotional - even belligerent - when it comes to discussing certain topics.

When it comes to a lot of socio-political topics, if you're not getting emotional about it it's either 1) something that doesn't adversely affect you 2) You've been desensitized to it despite it adversely affecting you. Neither is good.

It's basically gotten to the point where if I see someone use the word "objective" or anything like it in a discussion about particular subjects, I write them off completely.
 
There were enough people who didn't like beer about a century ago that they made it illegal nationally to produce. It wasn't until our nation's finest president -- the honorable Jimmy Carter -- that we were finally given back the legal right to brew our own.

J-I-M-M-Y C-A-R-T-E-R....hmmmm....

i didn't know that's how you spell Ronald Reagan.... are you sure you spelled it right?...:D


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What is most depressing is the staggering number of folks sitting around waiting to be told what they must get upset about.

Tonight the random talking head says "blue cars are bad mmmmmmk"

Tomorrow morning we get a press release from the chairman of the BCAB coalition declaring their resolve to see the blue car menace destroying our traditional way of life, wiped out.

By lunch a BCAB study conclusively demonstrates blue cars cause a rare form of rectal cancer.

Less than an hour later the CFBCP (citizens for blue car preservation) release their study which admits blue cars may occasionally cause mild discomfort "down there", but any claim regarding a link between blue cars and a rare form of rectal cancer are based on skewed statistical data and are clearly not true.

All because some sheep wrangling attention wh@re pulled an "issue" out of their bunghole and flung it out like it was real.
 
J-I-M-M-Y C-A-R-T-E-R....hmmmm....

i didn't know that's how you spell Ronald Reagan.... are you sure you spelled it right?...:D


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I think that most people can agree that Jimmy Carter did far more for home brewing than Ronald Reagan. That's a fairly objective measure for determining who's a more valuable asset in the oval office. There's a reason why Woodrow Wilson is ranked below Gary Coleman in the common notable scholar surveys of historical rankings of Presidents.
 
I think that most people can agree that Jimmy Carter did far more for home brewing than Ronald Reagan. That's a fairly objective measure for determining who's a more valuable asset in the oval office. There's a reason why Woodrow Wilson is ranked below Gary Coleman in the common notable scholar surveys of historical rankings of Presidents.


as an avid (former....and will be again) homebrewer....i think we can raise a glass to that

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