David J. Stewart #fundie

David J. Stewart #fundie jesusisprecious.org

I went down to the local K-mart today and was saddened to see a new edition to their store...BOOZE CITY!

“The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.” —Billy Sunday

In the 1970's when I was a child in Chicago, I remember going to the grocery store with my mother. All alcoholic beverages in those days was sold in back of the store, and it was only sold in brown paper bags. This was done to be discreet, because our culture still had some innocence and blush, and adults didn't want to set a bad example for the children. Today in 2019, things have completely changed. I am not condemning anybody, God forbid, but I think it is tragic that our society has openly accepted booze.

“The normal way to get rid of drunkards is to quit raising drunkards, to put the business that makes drunkards out of business.” —Billy Sunday

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They SOLD alcohol in brown paper bags? I'm calling BS on that one. Unless he meant they put it a brown paper bag after, which they still do, either that or plastic, ya know...

”I am not condemning anybody, God forbid, but I think it is tragic that our society has openly accepted booze.“

Yeah, sure, that would be around 50 thousand years ago or such, when our first apeish ancestors learned from elephants, how to get smashed on overripe fruit. That ship has sailed so long time ago, that by now both our species and booze have been chummy for like seems forever.

it was only sold in brown paper bags. This was done to be discreet, because our culture still had some innocence and blush, and adults didn't want to set a bad example for the children.

Right!

Because being a fucking lying hypocrite living a perpetual mega huge double standard is the way to go.

K-Mart still exists?

Must be a GUAM thing.

I went down to the local K-mart today and was saddened to see a new edition to their store...BOOZE CITY!

Edition? Are you sure you don’t mean addition?

Crack a history book and learn that prohibition has NEVER worked. All it did during the 1920s was increase the number and power of criminal gangs, and turn most citizens into criminals themselves. It also resulted in people being poisoned or killed by tainted alcohol, because the gangsters making it only cared about increasing their profits. Does any of this sound familiar, say, in the “war on drugs?” By legalizing what some people consider vice, the government ensures quality control, removes most criminals from the equation, and is able to make money by taxing it.

I know you’re a narcissistic who thinks he’s been sent to save the world, but nobody has given you the right to tell other people how to run their lives. Not who they love, who they marry, what they do in the privacy of their own homes, or any other aspect of their lives. You’d be a lot happier in the long run if you spent more time working on your own life. Work to help the homeless, the addicts, the hungry, and so on – oops, I forgot you don’t believe Jesus cares about good works that help others.

Do you know who was at the forefront of the Temperance Movement: certainly here in Britain?

The cocoa company founded by Quaker John Cadbury supported such here, offering their Drinking Chocolate as an alternative to alcohol. So is that company's founder - who offered said alternative which you must have to support too - burning in Hell...?!

For if you agree with what Cadbury's did, enjoy your paradox Dave-o.

@ Spuki- I’ve read that K Marts are huge in Guam, but nowhere else. I don’t even think the one near me that was around in the 90s is still running. I don’t remember the last time I even saw a K Mart. Good thing too, since K Mart makes Wal Mart look like FAO Schwarz or Barney’s.

@The_Crimson_Ghost
I had to look up FAO Schwartz and Barney's to "get" the comparison but yes, I agree. Walmart is like "Macy's" compared to K-mart. Man! I remember when K-mart was big (me being an 80s kid and all).

@ Spuki- I haven’t been in a K Mart since about 1999, maybe 2000. I was dragged there by a former friend who needed christmas lights, & even at age 20 I was floored by the overall cheapness & desperation. I certainly won’t criticize anyone living on a shoestring budget but there was something else at work in a K Mart, which has now moved onto Wal Mart. No matter what your budget is, there’s no reason to be walking around in public with your ass hanging out, or your boobs flopping around like a flag in a hurricane.

I’ve never been in the 5th Ave FAO, can’t recall the last time I was in Barney’s but I definitely remember being in the 10 floor Macy’s on W 34th. I miss having time & money to be able to do that.

David J. Stewart #fundie jesusisprecious.org

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