Is pilsner a ale or lager?

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How about some BJCP style guidelines to further clarify this ridiculous thread?-->Pilsner http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style02.php
Stout--> http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style13.php

Mind your manners... I knew about BJCP guidelines before even opening this thread… that's why I raised the question to begin with, since a friend, who brews good beer for about 30 years (yes that long), told me that pilsners are a kind of light stouts... he meant light in color... not light in carbohydrate content as some of our commercial drinks which marketing calls beer.

When I think about 60 replies for such a simple question, that probably means there was some interesting discussion going on here... or we just like to be silly sometimes...