Prohibition, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Bad (or merely unenforceable) ideas are not ours alone. Hopefully we can continue to remember stinkers such as this and leave the Constitution alone, except to allow for greater equality among people (already talked about therein, IIRC).

[aceman2373]

1. actually, if you ever watch any of those reality cop shows

like cops or beach patrol, I would guess up wards of %95 of the crime is committed by drunk people.
Can you image how low the crime rate would be, how much the taxpayers would save, if there were
no alcohol?

[obreaslan]

2. Sure, just ask Al Capone.

;)

[bryant69]

3. Good argument

COPS proves that 95% of crime is committed by drunk people. Who commits the remaining 5%? I have to believe you are goofing around.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Plenty of goofing around on the internet.

Alcohol isn't the problem; immaturity is, unless the individual is an alcoholic (entirely different story with an actual solution; no need for drunken Bubba crimez there).

[genie_weenie]

6. 100% of criminals eat food and drink water

so let's ban food and water...

[unpossibles]

10. I assume you're joking

since people did not stop getting drunk during the prohibition.

[JCMach1]

5. Think how many more people die from Alcohol than terrorism each year

and you might think we should bring it back!

Alcohol is a major problem where we accept the deaths as the price of doing business.

Okay, maybe we should take that lesson and apply it to other areas and realize it is more or less a law enforcement problem.

Oh, and work hard to keep the crazies off the road. :evilgrin:

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Can America grow up and not abuse a legal intoxicant?

Comparing our gun deaths to other countries such as presented in "Bowling for Columbine", it's doubtful. We're too ego-based, too stubborn, to selfish.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Can America grow up and not abuse a legalized intoxicant?

Comparing our gun deaths to other countries such as presented in "Bowling for Columbine", it's doubtful. We're too ego-based, too stubborn, to selfish.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Can America grow up and not abuse a legalized intoxicant?

Comparing our gun deaths to other countries such as presented in "Bowling for Columbine", it's doubtful. We're too ego-based, too stubborn, too selfish.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. That's me utilizing my freedom of speech, there.

Go cookies, go.

[porphyrian]

12. Since when does lack of intoxicant use equate to being "grown up?"

And are you only talking about chemical intoxicants, or are you also counting things like spectator sports and religion?

[BlooInBloo]

13. And it doesn't make me want to amend the Constitution to avoid the possibility of abuse.

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. I'm glad that we're all in agreement!

;-)

[aceman2373]

15. ok ok, how about this then

it seems that most of the people who keep the cops busy have been drinking.
It's amazing what happens to some people when they consume a little booze.

[VTMechEngr]

16. Not to be rude...

But Prohibition is the Classic example of enacting a law for morality that failed Miserably! It failed then, It would fail now, even if the Fundie Fascists put all their weight behind it.

[aceman2373]

17. thank you for your thoughtful and non condescending

response.
I believe that the powers that be would love to keep the people drunk and stupid. This makes it easier to steal from us. Go into some of our poorer neighborhoods and there is a liquor store on every corner, yet how easy is it for our poorer citizens to get help with an addiction when they need it. They aren't living at the Betty Ford clinic for 3 months, I'm sure of that much.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a drink as much as the next guy, but I also think this country would be allot better off without all the booze.
What percentage of wife beaters are under the influence?
How many deaths each year are alcohol related?
How many lives and families are ruined every year due to alcohol?
I agree it probably wouldn't work, but I wouldn't call it a "law for morality" either.
No boobies on tv is a law of morality.

I think they should ban alcohol and sell weed instead.

[ieoeja]

18. Chicken and Egg

Is the drinking causing the problem? Or are the problems causing the drinking?

[aceman2373]

19. either way, drinking only makes your problems worse

[Homer Wells]

20. Mankind MUST have his/her Vices

This has been true since Man became Man.

Society has attempted to stamp out such vices, (alcohol, drugs, prostitution, gambling, et. al.) since the beginning of recorded history, but a way is always found to circumvent these controls.

Human Nature is like that!:think: