"Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists. None of the great boons and usufructs that were to follow the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment has come to pass. There is not less drunkenness in the Republic, but more. There is not less crime, but more. There is not less insanity, but more. The cost of government is not smaller, but vastly greater. Respect for law has not increased, but diminished. "
It's sad that we don't learn from our own mistakes. We just seem to forget lessons we learned. Maybe it's because those who were there failed to pass on the message. I wonder how much longer our ever expanding "drug war" will continue and if someone will pen the same feelings about it. I wonder if we'll pass the message on to our children or will they just continue the cycle into the next "Prohibition epidemic".
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Sean Patrick, You are becoming too weird out there in Cali. You are thinking waaaayyy too much, which is seriously dangerous. You should just go back to being a girl! Hugs and Kisses, Lisa
Well Miss Roland, unfortunatly my days as being just one of the girls seems to be over. Miss those days.. snff.. and are you implying that I'm weirder now than I was before..? that's a bold statement..
"There is not less drunkenness in the Republic, but more. There is not less crime, but more. There is not less insanity, but more. The cost of government is not smaller, but vastly greater. Respect for law has not increased, but diminished."
Sounds a lot like the effects of gun control, too.
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