Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!sri-unix!quintus!ok From: ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Terrorism on American soil Message-ID: <952@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Date: 9 May 88 10:10:52 GMT References: <293@aplcen.UUCP> <12393408775.18.JPLILER@SIMTEL20> <6372@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA Lines: 11 In article <6372@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, ins_atge@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Thomas G Edwards) writes: > I'll point directly to the number of americans killed on our roads by > drunk drivers. I'll point directly to the number of assults and murders > commited by people under the influence of alcohol. I'll also point to the > lives ruined by alcoholism. Prohibition didn't work because the US was > addicted to alcohol. Gangsters were our withdrawal symptoms. Oddly enough, prohibition _worked_ (that is, achieved most of its stated goals). For example, the _total_ rate of murders and suicides went down quite a bit (I've lost the reference, but it should be possible to check from official statistics if anyone seriously doubts it).