[AnotherUnixGeek]

To paint Prohibition as a failure is rather simplistic, because it was always a mixed bag.

If respect for the right of adults to run their own lives and manage their own affairs is worth anything, Prohibition was a complete, abysmal failure of government.

[AustralianConservative]

“If respect for the right of adults to run their own lives and manage their own affairs is worth anything, Prohibition was a complete, abysmal failure of government.”

I tell some people they need to read more about women who were no longer bashed by their formerly drunk husbands. It will give them a less black and white view.