To: philman_36
So now your doublethink has you arguing that prohibitions aren't prohibitions. Astounding. And very funny.
From dictionary.com:
prohibition n 1: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" 2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: ban, interdiction, proscription] 3: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition era] 4: refusal to approve or assent to
385 posted on
01/17/2003 1:12:34 AM PST by
Roscoe
To: Roscoe
"a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages"...plural, meaning all alcoholic beverages otherwise it woulds state "a law forbidding the sale of a certain alcoholic beverage"!
A local community passes a law prohibiting the sales of certain types of liquor, and you assert that isn't a prohibition, it's a limitation.
You aren't banning the sale of all liquors, just certain ones!
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