I understand. No Darwin is not a definitive source, but I do think it is at least an example of what I mean. I do not see sober people thinking a good way to get intoxicated is to mix milk and gasoline, and then throwing up in the fire place, burning down their house killing themselves and their wife. (true story)
Andrew Furuseth a member of congress reported this:
The real reason prohibition failed was because it was not enforced. Coruption in enforcemeant, and politicians that made laws hindering enforcement, cause prohibition to fail.
You miss my point. This thread is not about me supporting prohibition of alcohol. I am not trying to re-enact the 18th amendment.
You have to prove to me the benefits of legalizing drugs, and you pointed to prohibition as an example. To me, prohibition worked. Now there were some huge issues, like organized crime, but organized crime still exists and always will. Well more people died from bad beer. Well, how many millions die in alcohol related incidences?
Now I fully support personal responsibility. That has to do with the idea that whether you are drunk or not, you have to face the consequences of your actions. If you beat your wife, I don't care if you had a beer or not. You should get beaten and then tossed in jail.
But clearly the problems caused by alcohol are massive. And the idea of legalizing another potential cause of social devastation is going to be a hard sell for me. All the people I've met on drugs are absolutely worthless. People that could be great productive members of our nation, siting, doing nothing, staring into space, stoned out of their minds, wasting away in pointless stupor. You do not think this will be greatly increased nationwide by legalizing?
