Quote Originally Posted by AlwaysBlazed
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."

Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives
and yet the bastards gave it a try anyway.

haven't you noticed that the powers that be keep going further and further "beyond the bounds of reason". protecting us from ourselves by making more and more crimes "out of things that are not crimes".

i thank them daily for their shortsightedness and intolerance. each foolish prohibition brings us closer to a time when enough people will finally wake up and see what kind of monster we have created.