tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post6717365945106710238..comments2024-03-28T06:26:22.229-04:00Comments on 90 Miles From Tyranny : Alcohol Prohibition was a failureMike Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729229224106563792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-1322591981591967602016-06-22T08:44:21.210-04:002016-06-22T08:44:21.210-04:00Not the same. Alcohol was and is a vice. It does...Not the same. Alcohol was and is a vice. It does have detrimental health and social effects. Gun ownership is a virtue, which benefits society. Police and military, both are nationally top ranked for social respect and their defining characteristic is being armed.<br /><br />But also, it is a myth that prohibition failed. It accomplished everything it set out to do. Alcohol consumption did indeed go drastically down. Health and social effects got significantly better. Not perfectly better, just a lot better. For the most part, Americans obeyed the law. It ended because people remembered that freedom was better than a central government telling everyone how to behave. Lots of local jurisdictions remained dry to this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com