[Little Bill]

That’s why compulsory government schooling originated in New England, as did prohibitionism. It’s also why Stalinism took hold in the North (especially in New York City)

Compulsory government schooling was instituted so that kids could read the Bible. There are no Yankees in NYC except those that moved there. The definition of Yankee, in Mass anyway, is of long time English descent and Protestant. Proibitionism was instituted to keep the Irish in line and we have been paying for it since,

[dighton]

Good morning.

Just as clarification (probably unneeded), the italicized remark in #15 is DiLorenzo's, not mine.

[nolu chan]

Proibitionism was instituted to keep the Irish in line and we have been paying for it since,

Probably due to lack of Old Bushmill's, the ability to make Irish Coffee was lost. Now, in the States, they serve up some wretched concoction with whipped cream on top.