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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (12795)	7/23/2001 1:20:46 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

I'd bet the rate of consumption didn't increase at all. Those who were inclined to drink were going to drink, whether there was a law on the books or not. Prohibition encouraged gulping drinks and binge drinking. With alcohol legal, a more civilized form of imbibing returned. The idea that drinking is sinful is wrong headed. It's a peculiar American Protestant notion. The coalition that supported Prohibition is an interesting one. Nice little church ladies and the KKK! A lot of the sentiment was a reaction to the large numbers of immigrants who were pouring in to Ellis Island, most of whom were Catholics and Jews and various types of Southern Europeans (swarthy types). And thanks to Prohibition, the Mob was born. BTW, I don't think alcoholism is a disease. Calling it that removes any sense of responsibility from the drunk. Rather than say, "I felt like drinking so I went drinking", they can now say, "My disease flared up so I had a slip." No doubt there is something wrong with you when you wake up shaking with sweat pouring off you and you would literally kill someone between you and a drink, but once you are physically detoxed, the decision to take a drink is freely made.