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American Prohibition - Summarized
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| Trancer-X |
"Prohibition... 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 |
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| uwmadtrance |
Which is probably why prohibition was removed several decades ago, or in the words of Abe Lincoln
"roughly four score ago" |
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| Az |
Homer: Kids, kids. I'm not going to die. That only happens to bad people.
Bart: What about Abraham Lincoln?
Homer: Uh, he sold poison milk to school children
hehe couldn't resist sorry :p |
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| davinox |
Abraham Lincoln was a very smart man.
Although I think it's kind of bullted up, he's right. :) |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by uwmadtrance
Which is probably why prohibition was removed several decades ago, or in the words of Abe Lincoln
"roughly four score ago" |
Read carefully:
"(...)attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation(...)."
You don't think that this ideology has any other relevance? Think hard. |
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| uwmadtrance |
| Yeah....I get it.... |
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| drewfactor |
sounds like US radical policy on pot prohibition *sparks up a spliff just over the border*
:D |
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| Gekhous |
| quote: | Originally posted by drewfactor
sounds like US radical policy on pot prohibition *sparks up a spliff just over the border*
:D |
*walks to the coffeeshop, walks out with a nice blunt, walks home smoking it, waves at the cops driving by, gets home, "hi mom, hi dad", presses the joint out in the ashtray, "ima lay down for a bit" "ok son!!"*
:stongue: :p :clown: :stongue: :p :clown: :stongue: :clown: :stongue: :p :clown: ;) ;) |
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| drewfactor |
| quote: | | *walks to the coffeeshop, walks out with a nice blunt, walks home smoking it, waves at the cops driving by, gets home, "hi mom, hi dad", presses the joint out in the ashtray, "ima lay down for a bit" "ok son!!"* |
:clown: :clown: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue:
That's funny ....the rest of the world should be like that. |
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| rollypoles |
| ahhh....booo on making me feel all sad and jealous....it'll get legalized someday i'm sure |
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| Eugene |
| quote: | Originally posted by rollypoles
ahhh....booo on making me feel all sad and jealous....it'll get legalized someday i'm sure |
not in your lifetime.
And don't get me started on American prohibitions on drugs, alcohol, and sex :D
You can get jailed for pornography in this country
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| Thor |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eugene
not in your lifetime.
And don't get me started on American prohibitions on drugs, alcohol, and sex :D
You can get jailed for pornography in this country
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It will happen in our lifetime in Canada :D |
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