I’m spending my holiday in Seattle, Washington. After a bit of poking around on the net I’ve discovered that they sell alcohol in grocery stores and private specialty outlets out there. On this online discussion locals are actually chatting about which stores sell good wine. Can you imagine?

According to good old LCBO logic, when I get off the airplane tommorrow I will probably be entering a war zone. Why? The LCBO has taught us all that people simply can’t handle buying or selling alcohol through private channels and need big brother to do it for them. Therefore Seattle, cursed with legions of private alcohol stores, will be a city of drunken rioters, alcohol induced road kill, immoral capitalists selling booze to five year olds, sky high beer prices, wine snobs unhappy with the wine selection, and more.

Now I’m afraid. Wish me luck as I enter anarchy! I only wished the LCBO issued travel advisories too.