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To: ansel12
Alcohol is different than all other substances because it is truly a fundamental product and cultural glue of Western Civilization. Alcohol to the Western cultures is far beyond just a product to get high. Attempting to ban it and American nightlife and dinner wine and beer is not comparable to banning a hashish or even Green tea or Kiwi fruits.

What? Thats an incredibly redicilous statement. Pot has been around since the creation of man.

Prohibtion ended because it DID NOT WORK. WHY dont WOD supporters admit the same?

72 posted on 08/21/2009 9:08:19 AM PDT by 08bil98z24
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To: 08bil98z24

I’m not interested in how old they are (although alcohol in nature probably predates pot in nature) I’m talking about how totally, thoroughly Western Civilization is culturally tied to alcohol. Our entire social fabric and even dining, social events, pubs, everything in Western Civ is tied to alcohol and has been for thousands of years, to compare prohibition to making pot or hash illegal is simple and ridiculous.

To tell Italians that the Cannabis culture that the Muslims and Asians are bringing to their nation will not be tolerated is one thing, whether it works or not, but to tell the Italian people that wine will now be banned forever from Italian culture is clearly an entirely different situation.


87 posted on 08/21/2009 9:45:27 AM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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