I agree subby. But why is it that everyone seemed to wear goofy hats in the 1930's?

And yet, even today, people think it's possible to legislate morality.

We didn't learn a thing.

"78 years and 10 days ago today"

FTFY

78 years ago today, Alcohol Prohibition ends ... putting the kibosh on mass protests that featured the only placards subby could ever really get behind

FTFY too subby.

basemetal: We didn't learn a thing.

And this

Not if you live in a dry county,subby.

whitman00: Dirty little secret about Prohibition- it worked. Deaths and disease from alcohol plunged and stayed lower for many years even after it was repealed.

/Not saying it should be reinstated, just saying the belief that it didn't work is a myth.

Yeah, and Prohibition is also the reason that NASCAR exists.

The caption on the last photo is delightful.

Friskya: And yet, even today, people think it's possible to legislate morality.

what the hell else are you going to legislate?

the line between what you should do legally and what you should do morally has always been related. we develop laws from notions of morality. Morally, we think people have property and should keep the fruits of their labor, we think people deserve to live, etc. So, legally, we introduce property rights and create a criminal punishment system based on these moral notions.

but, they are just moral notions, because in a reality without laws, there is no such thing as a property right or a right to life. property is really a temporary possession, a possession held only so long as no greater force has taken it from the holder. not dissimilar to life.

so, we've been legislating morality for as long as we've been legislating.

/ although, i caught your drift, we still legislate over arbitrarily moral issues like controlled substances or gay marriage or what time you can buy booze. (well, I can buy booze 24 hours a day, and even at a drive through, but that's because I'm special)

Precision Boobery: When they mentioned sauerkraut being renamed "liberty cabbage," I immediately thought of freedom fries and how goddam stupid and short-sighted our legislators are.

"Liberty cabbage?" The only kind of "freedom" that you get with sauerkraut is the room to yourself after eating some.

/loooooove sauerkraut
//pan-fried with fresh-chopped garlic is awesome

JesseL: whitman00: Dirty little secret about Prohibition- it worked. Deaths and disease from alcohol plunged and stayed lower for many years even after it was repealed.

/Not saying it should be reinstated, just saying the belief that it didn't work is a myth.

How many people died during prohibition due to the elevated crime, militarized police, and consumption of alcohol deliberately poisoned by the government?

anyway, how many deaths and disease are there from alcohol? is it even a problem?

people like to say that it was a problem back then. but, i think it's one of those manufactured problems. some crackpot says to hell with alcohol and lumps together a group of crackpots. They spread innumerable lies about the negative effects of alcohol. finally, some consortium of big wigs realized productivity would go up if people didn't drink. Since they were big wigs, they knew that they could just buy the stuff on the black market and their lives would be unchanged, so they endorsed the movement.

It's pretty much what's going on with gay marriage. Some crackpots (the cameron group) are employing entirely bogus 'science' and 'data' regarding the devastating effects gay people have on children and marriage. they argue this before legislators, who fail to grasp that people can do bad science because the bad science matches up with their personal preference. A dangerous recipe: personal preference and some authority, whoever ridiculous, to support it.

Even ugly people need love

/hot like you thought she was last night

Does #17 say "Repeal the 18th Commandment"? Which one was that again: "Thou shalt not get shiatfaced"?

RevLovejoy: My updated "Things To Do When I Can Travel Back In Time" list

1. Stop John Wilkes Booth
2. Kill Hitler
3. Prevent 9/11
4. Stop James Earl Ray
5. Slap the shiat out of Carrie Nation

New members are reminded to read IATT Bulletin 147 regarding the killing of Hitler before their next excursion. International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum Subforum: Europe- 20th Century- 2nd World War

Prohibition didn't end, it just took a smoke break before coming back out and renaming itself "The War on Drugs".

WhatTheHellAreYouLookinAt: Dude, go easy on the guy. EVERYBODY kills Hitler on their first hop. You. Me. Klaus down in G-Sector. That chubby chick who now runs the coffee shop. It's kind of like when you get your first new car you and take everybody out for pizza or something...

I know, but you're not the one who has to clean up afterward. It's not like I don't have anything better-

Damnit, there goes another n00b, brb.