Just got back from holiday. Below is a picture my girlfriend took at a Walmart in Seattle, Washington.
$3 Wine sold at Walmart
What? Wine for under $3? Sold in a family store in large quantities? Send the LCBO cops down there and round em all up. You can’t sell wine that way. It’s preposterous! If it already hasn’t collapsed into godless anarchy, Seattle can’t be more than a few days away.
But wait. Here’s a photo of Pike Market in downtown Seattle.
Typical Seattle street scene
The people look calm, relaxed, happy, prosperous. There are no fights and a distinct lack of drunken revelry. No one is praying to the devil, and not a single drunk is passed out on the sidewalk. Much like a typical street scene in Toronto. How can that be? Without the LCBO to protect them, shouldn’t they be stumbling around, sozzled on cheap and plentiful booze?
Could it be that… No… It can’t be… That individuals and businesses, left to themselves, can buy and sell alcohol responsibly, without collapsing into anarchy? That they don’t need the LCBO?
I guess I better sign that End the LCBO Petition I’ve been hearing about.
