There are an awful lot of dangerous things mentioned in various forms of print media which I have read about and yet not felt compelled to try, Suicide, Bestiality, Religion…
The fact of the matter is if you talk something up enough it goes from being a non-entity to the worlds biggest issue, apparently all Children over the age of 13 are knife wielding, drug addicts (According to various forms of print media), I’m not sure the actual facts always bare these kind of assertions out…
I have been for a post ride pint on occasion, and like many people I am capable of self moderation, what you may see as “promotion” of an alcohol centred culture is most likely a simple statement of fact, basically people do on occasion go for a drink to be sociable after a bike ride and nothing bad happens…
Just because we have a bit of an issue in this country with our drinking culture doesn’t mean we need to jump to the polar opposite position of total denial, remove all references however benign to alcohol consumption, you don’t make someone an alcoholic simply by mentioning beer, it’s a confluence of individual circumstance: upbringing, mental health, poverty, peers, and the media can all have some influence…
I don’t think reading MBUK, however poorly written it may be, is going to knacker anyone’s liver…