Sounds like Connecticut needs to kick back a few beers and calm down.
Posted on 10/29/2005 11:04:48 AM PDT by seacapn
HARTFORD, Conn. --A constitutional battle is brewing over a holiday beer that state officials are trying to ban because they say its label might entice children to drink.
The state believes it would be really awful for kids to see the label on the British import Seriously Bad Elf.
It shows a mean-looking elf with a slingshot firing Christmas ornaments at Santa's sleigh as it flies overhead.
State liquor regulations bar alcohol advertising with images that might appeal to children. The regulations specifically mention Santa.
"There are certain symbols and images that appeal more strongly to children and this regulation includes the most obvious among them," Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. "The state has wide discretion to regulate the sales of alcohol."
The state Liquor Control Division notified Massachusetts-based Shelton Brothers distributors that it was rejecting its application to sell the beer, a bitter winter ale brewed at the Ridgeway Brewery in England.
Dan Shelton cried foul. After all, his company had no such problems when it sold Bad Elf and Very Bad Elf in previous years. It sells the beer in 30 other states and none have complained.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Sounds like Connecticut needs to kick back a few beers and calm down.
So now we may offend elves if we use them on advertisement? Is the elf community outraged? Will Santa's workshop AFL-CIO union speak out on this? Am I a racist if I amke elf jokes? If I say my daughter cant date elves, am I a racist? Do they get free college tuition? Must I hire elves now? When did all this happen??????????
We are becoming a very wimpy country indeed.
yeah, call it 'Painful Rectal Itch' instead
(sorry, i couldn't help my elf.)
I guess Harry Potter's Porter is out too.
They think THAT THING will appeal to children?
The Hamms Bear he ain't.
APf
We need more brave souls to stand up and petition the government to ban everything that has the potential of being bad for children. Look at that elf, he's obviously evil! He probably has a secret plot along with Joe Camel and Tony the Tiger to brainwash American youth. Why can't the government stop this sinister conspiracy?
This from the state that gave us a Federal Right to Privacy.
Paging Orlando Boom (Legolas the Elf)...
I'll be the Wizard.
One more attempt to babyproof the universe. If Marching Mommies spent half the time teaching their children right from wrong (like, no beer for you until you're of legal drinking age, regardless of what picture is on the bottle), the world would be a much cleaner, neater, more polite and above all QUIETER place than it is today.
Any child that finds that picture amusing needs a pschyiatrist. Maybe a 7 year old Manson may have liked it.
I'm sure Michael Jackson doesn't mind.
Somebody better tell the beer distributor in Massachusetts to put a picture of Fat Teddy on the label. That'll scare the kids enough to make sure they NEVER drink anything.
Well there is scare...and then there is mentally scar...
They probably did. As this label encourages children to take pot-shots on Santa.
LOL!
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