Of course it isn't, but the more this idiocy continues the more we should do to subvert it.

What on earth does Guinness hope to accomplish by this?

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

It's nearly impossible to get decent stout.  I usually just choke down the mass-market stout they stuff into cans for the moronic Yanks (like me).  I do have to say that I enjoy Beamish, though.  (This is actually brewed and bottled in Cork.  Maybe that's why it tastes differently.)  Murphy's doesn't have nearly as much flavor as Beamish and Guinness, in my experience.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

Stout for those who don't like stout

As opposed to Guinness which is merely stout for those who don't know what stout is...