A Prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was
founded."

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.

"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance.

It is a
species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of
reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation,
and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.

A Prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was
founded."

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives

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Dirk

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A Prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was
founded."

It also pours vast wealth into the coffers of criminals...

If I were a "cocaine lord" I would be slipping cash to prohibitionists
for ever tougher laws.

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax quoted:
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance.

Interesting how that works out not just for alcohol but for the current
war on drugs and on other topics. Before US prohibition beer was more
popular than whiskey and the primary motivation for distilled drink was
travel. Not the only reason but definitely the primary one. After US
prohibition distilled drinks where more popular for decades and only now
as those born during prohibition are dying are lower alcohol drinks
getting more popular again. Drinks like wine coolers and premixed
coolers are a direct result of the demographics of people being born
after prohibition ended.

Also interesting that social pressure has been more successful than laws
ever were. MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Drivers - has actually made
drunk driving unpopular not just lip service.

With drug prohibition the evolution towards stronger drugs matched the
pattern. No matter the "gateway theory" that using a weaker drug leads
to a stronger drug that didn't happen with alcohol until prohibition.
Sure enough it also didn't happen with drugs until prohibition. But
like the changing popularity of beer versus whiskey pot plants have been
selectively bred for strength and folks have moved on to stronger drugs.

It is a
species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of
reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation,
and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.

Worse, it gives people reason to disrespect the law. When a giant
fraction of the population ignores speed limit laws and an unknown
fraction takes illegal drugs, where is the line between morality and
legality? It makes the two more distinct than they should be.

A Prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was
founded."

It also pours vast wealth into the coffers of criminals who could have
been legal tax paying businessmen or harmless paupers without that
illegal money. Which is better the Jomsvikings or a fleet of trading
ships? Which is better a two bit hood who can't afford a car or a rich
cocaine lord who can afford a private army?

So the result is more and more abridgement of freedom without actually
stopping the crimes.

Doug Freyburger <dfrey... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:

A Prohibition law
strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was
founded."

It also pours vast wealth into the coffers of criminals...

It also pours vast wealth into the coffers of politicians. But then, I
guess that's not too different from what you said.

If I were a "cocaine lord" I would be slipping cash to prohibitionists
for ever tougher laws. Prices rise, supply diminishes (somewhat) and
business is easier and more profitable.