Posted on 11/25/2001 3:02:32 AM PST by Happygal
The amount of alcohol consumed on that set was enough to pickle the brains of thousands.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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Here's to the blessed Irish
The race that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
and all their songs are sad!
Here we go, back to the turn of the century when the anti-saloon, prohibition types wanted to take alcohol away from everybody for the excesses of a few. We all saw the good that did when the "Carrie Nation" people finally got their way. People who were once "moderate" drinkers of beer and wine turned to dangerous bootleg hard liquor. Young people who never would have taken up drinking pre-Prohibition took it up because it was now "fashionable" to be seen at a trendy speak-easy.
Fact is, moderate consumption of alcohol is good for you. Unfortunately there are those who drink to excess and cannot drink moderately. Well we also have grossly overweight 400-pounders who can't say no to a box of Twinkies. Is the solution banning Twinkies and other high-fat foods? Of course not.
Unfortunately we have to face the fact that segments of our population are easily addicted to things that do them harm, be it excess amounts of alcohol, narcotics, gambling, tobacco, or high-fat foods. Taking these things away from the people who use them responsibly is not the answer. If you think it is, you probably think gun control is a swell idea also.
" God created Alcohol so that the Irish wouldn't rule the World".
I have relatives in Co. Meath and they are "Pioneers",who don,t drink at all.
Remember, When A person, who doesn't drink,gets up in the morning, that's the best he's gonna feel all day.
Slainte !
Aye, but that's EXACTLY what it is, lassie! And our government took exactly those steps once upon a time. Fortunately, the Irish never had an alcohol prohibition movement like we had in America. We passed Prohibition in 1919 and within a few years changed a small group of Italian immigrant hoodlums into a powerful force of organized criminals that basically owned the big American cities as it pursued its illegal trade.
Today, the big criminal enterprises have been pushed offshore, into places like Columbia and Peru. The government still prohibits "recreational drugs", and the criminals still organize. Someday, maybe, we'll realize the damage to society that our prohibitions have wrought, but I'm afraid by then it may be too late.
The author of this piece seems to have bought into the prohibition mindset -- I hope all you Irish band together and NEVER allow that national nightmare to happen. Drink a toast for freedom!
It becomes a problem when alcohol is used as an intoxicant.
The 400-pounder would benefit by banning Twinkies (and other temptations) from his home.
"The woman drove me to drinking. I didn't even get a chance to thank her." W.C. Fields
Proper perspective is very important.
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