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In reply to the discussion: A historical reminder for Prohibitionists of all stripes [View all]green for victory
(591 posts)9. prohibit,mandate,compel,comply? i don't think so...
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Exactly, we should do *nothing* because if we did something we might make a mistake n/t
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#1
The temperance movement didn't start out as the "enforced teetotaling" movement.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#22
You're going to DROP the 20 to 25% of Americans that own guns from the discussion?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#35
You seem confused ... since I did not say drop ALL gun owners from the discussion.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#39
You lot seem confused about the NRA and me. I don't dig them at all, and disagree with them...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#48
But the culture war against those that use them are almost the same.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#18
Waaaaait a minute. You mean a gin and tonic is not the same as an assault weapon? Now I'm all
Squinch
Jan 2013
#55
Australia enacted strict gun control and they haven't had a massacre since then.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#6
Australia never had a gun culture like ours, or a culture war surrounding their guns.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#19
Mexico enacted strict gun control and they haven't had a massacre since - oh, wait...
derby378
Jan 2013
#21
I'm okay with legalizing marijuana - that would help make a dent in trafficking
derby378
Jan 2013
#52
Those Prohibitions were bad and ill intentioned but ours is noble and enlightened
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#12
Is this about the prohibition of child porn? Are you saying we should just allow it?
DanTex
Jan 2013
#14
Child porn is nowhere near as popular (thank YHPOC!) as guns and booze.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#17
Wait, wait, wait, I thought the OP was against "prohibitionists of all stripes"!
DanTex
Jan 2013
#38
I am neither for nor against. I point out they rarely turn out they way they are supposed to.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#41
So the badness of the prohibition is dependent on how popular the prohibited item is?
Squinch
Jan 2013
#57
True. The gun Prohibtionists will "represent" all gun control advocates, just as...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#45
I'm sure that the 80 million gun owners in the US will be perfectly happy to...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#36
I find if you keep the TV turned down low enough, you can hear the Helicopters
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#44
I rather doubt it will happen, personally. You might, however, wish to have a word or two...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#47
Slipping and sliding down the slippery slope! Just one step & it's all over!
maxsolomon
Jan 2013
#34
Machine guns were never owned by many, nothing like semi-auto proliferation.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#62
Ahhh, so it's only because of the proliferation of semi-autos that this wouldn't work.
EOTE
Jan 2013
#64
Common use is a threshold whether you like it or not, has ZERO to do with "good",
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#65