06-07-2005, 04:50 AM
t0a5t,Jun 6 2005, 09:49 PM Wrote:It has always seemed interesting to me that we needed a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol at the time. Yet, we no longer need such trivialities to ban substances any longer. It was the surest sign of the erosion of our freedoms and due process. Equally interesting that this is rarely, if ever, brought up.
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"What have we learned, Dorothy?"
Nothing.
Prohibition was repealed for a very good reason: it was beyond counterproductive. You'd think someone would draw a few lessons from that episode.
Nope. Too busy trying to regulate everything.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete