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To: somethingwicked who wrote (212)	6/21/1999 6:02:00 PM
From: truedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

to: Greener from: truedog Re: prohibition 'Tis a quandry!! I don't have the ultimate answer and am not sure anyone else does either. Something has to curb this maniacal down hill race toward immorality or our society is going to take a hard hit, if not doom. I do, however, feel that morality can not be legislated. It should come from the home environment and the community but that anchor seems to have been lost at sea. Where all of this decadence is going to lead, I do not know. I can only pray and see that me and mine do not participate in the mayhem. truedog

To: somethingwicked who wrote (212)	6/23/1999 4:07:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

The comparison with the prohibition of alcohol is exaggerated. From another thread: Prohibition sought to eliminate by fiat an almost universally accepted practice, one that was easily indulged in moderately; was from the beginning hypocritical, since it was never really intended that the "better sort of people" should suffer because of it, but was supposed to be directed against the degeneracy of the working class; and suppression had an obvious futility, since it is so easy to make beer, wine, and even liquor. Family legend has it that my great- grandmother made bath- tub gin after being widowed, for example:-)...In the case of many drugs, it is at least possible that prohibition is preferable to widespread availability.