Buk Hoo Kee wrote on 25^th Feb, 2013 at 11:51am:


Beerlao cools you down.

Aren't we all agree that Lao people are notorious beer drinkers ?

Drinking beer and social occasions has
become part of modern-day Laos

Attitudes in the United States are more complicated regarding alcohol than they are in Asian countries. Much of the American attitude towards alcohol (and sex and other social issues) were framed by the colonists who came here.

For example, Americans are taught about the “Protestant (or Puritan) work ethic” that supposedly pushes them to be ambitious, inventive and determined.  But it also affects attitudes towards alcohol. The Puritans weren’t non-drinkers, but they definitely watched people’s behavior, and drinking too much was a sign of personal failure (and possibly damnation – literally). The original 13 colonies limited alcohol consumption and purchase through “blue laws” which prohibited its sale on Sundays in many places and also limited where it could be bought and sold.  Many East Coast and Midwest states retain these laws, including Minnesota where I was born.

This later influenced religious revival movements which frowned on drinking, such as the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century.  Alcohol was regarded as a social evil that caused men to beat their wives and children as well as squander the family’s money. Temperance and later prohibition were the results of this thinking.

I can’t say whether this thinking would affect Canada, but it permeates much of the US where there are still hundreds of local governments that limit alcohol purchase (so-called “dry counties”).  Asian countries didn’t have this Protestant baggage to contend with.

Beer wont have problem, the problem with beer is current watery beer like Budweiser. Alcohol is a prolem always.

Practice moderation and enjoy it responsibly yall!

People are crazy, not beer.