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Separating beer from games

Cynic | 7:00 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

A real cynic, or maybe a cynical Utah realist, just sees an article toeing the church line.

uncannygunman | 7:22 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

How unsurprising that you compare this to the war on tobacco use. The weapons are certainly the same--selective, misleading use of statistics to scare people.

Anonymous | 8:41 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

The more any group tries to force its will on others the more the others will fight it.

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Dave | 8:48 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

I hope the colleges are also prepared to take a big cut in their TV revenues.

King Tut | 9:56 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

That's just it, revenues. Any companies that's willing to pay millions to secure a TV spot in between televised games wins.

Anonymous | 11:48 a.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Now THIS is certainly an important thing.

Anonymous | 1:00 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Yes to beer.
No to sanctimonious [bleep-bleeps].

Thanks | 2:51 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Thanks, for the reminder. I will go grab a cold beer and watch the games. I will just buy a pitcher and save money. I wonder if Rubicon still has that 9.2 percent oatmeal stout on tap?

I bet you can tell, I don't live in Utah :-).

Everybody minds their business | 3:31 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Where I live you can get whatever you want.
Booze on Sundays if you want.
No holier-than-thous hovering over your shoulder giving you dirty looks.
Sure are always those few rascals that go to far.
But for the most part, we trust everyone to be responsible - and for the most part, they are.

No, I don't live in Utah either.

Voice of Reason | 5:16 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Despite all the self-righteous, patronizing ridicule gets out of hand, remember this: Utah has the lowest rate of alcohol-related deaths - automobile, disease, domestic violence - in the entire country.

I'll take those "craaaazy" Utah booze laws any day. And if it's a little more inconvenient for you to get your microbrew as a result, then I'm sorry, that's a "price" society is worth extracting out of you in exchange for safer roads, safer homes, safer lives . . . nobody said you had to like it. Or agree with it. But you DO have to live with it.

Consider it your own little trade-off for living in our wonderful state.

Voice of Reason | 5:23 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

p.s. And thank God, I DO live in Utah.

Anonymous | 6:02 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Separating beer from games?
It's more of the culture separating itself from normal America that happens to love beer AND games.

What a silly culture Utah has!

Mike Richards | 8:21 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

Let the beer companies advertise to their heart's content - as long as there is truth in advertising. Make them show the "drunk tank" at the local jail. Make them show the destruction to lives and property. Make them show the true effects of their product on society.

By all means, turn the cameras on and let the world see what alcohol does.

Let those who demand to drink, drink. Let them drink by the glass or by the the pitcher or by the keg. Let them spew their insides out. Let them cover their heads with pillows. Let them grope for an asprin. Let them tell their employer that "they're a bit under the weather"

Yes. Let America drink, but make the beer companies show it like it is.

JJ | 10:39 p.m. Aug. 12, 2008

I attended a Uteï¿½s game back in the day. I had a beer spilt on before halftime. I enjoyed the 3rd and 4th quarters after the half time pilfering. I enjoyed the security and police taking out the drunks during the last two quarters immensely. Then I walked through the beautiful campus streets to my car and stepped over beer cans and JD bottles. Go Uteï¿½s my kind of trash.

Maybe these schools should take out the beer from within and then focus on the media.

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