Talk:Johnny Appleseed
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Utterly Ridiculous
I can understand a conservative encyclopedia's reluctance to characterize early American settlers as raging alcoholics, but the qualifier "as much of the water was often tainted or unpotable" is laughable. It's a familiar explanation for anyone who's discussed Jesus' drinking of wine in Sunday school, but it simply doesn't apply here. Applejack is distilled liquor. It's 60 to 80 proof depending on how you strengthen it, and using it in place of water would be, to understate, problematic. "Gee, I sure am parched. Do we have any water? no? fine, then I'll just have a thirst-quenching swig of Jack Daniels! So refreshing!"
Just omit that part if the idea of iconic American settlers getting trashed is irksome.