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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] [*Ding!* (the bell for round 2 sounds] <blockquote>If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious living into the bottomless pits of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fiber of my being. However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer, the stimulating sip that puts a little spring in the step of an elderly gentleman on a frosty morning; if you mean that drink that enables man to magnify his joy, and to forget life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrow; if you mean that drink the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars each year, that provides tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest highways, hospitals, universities, and community colleges in this nation, then my friend, I am absolutely, unequivocally in favor of it. This is my position, and as always, I refuse to be compromised on matters of principle. --Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr, 1952 "Whiskey Speech"</blockquote> By extension, your logic (that of you who insist that guns are unnecessary, and thus should be banned) should also include the banning of alcohol. The train of logic is as follows: [list=1] [*]Alcoholics cause unneccessary suffering through <OL TYPE=a> [*]Traffic injuries and deaths caused by drunk drivers. [*]Money squandered on alcohol which ought to be used to feed/clothe/shelter the alcoholic's family. [*]Excessive public monies used to regulate and enforce the laws regarding public intoxication, drunk driving, etc. (I'm certain the list could be longer if I gave it more thought.) [/list] [*]Alcoholic beverage is not necessary to a functioning society. [*]It is difficult, if not impossible to determine who, of any group, is likely to become an alcoholic. [*]Since [i]anyone[/i] could potentially be an alcoholic (waiting to happen, as it were), then [i]everyone[/i] is equally likely to become alcoholic. [*]Therefore, to protect those of us from the potential alcoholics and deprive those who abuse alcohol of their substance-of-choice, alcohol must be strictly regulated, and should only be made available to professionals requiring it for the performance of their duties, such as doctors, nurses, and EMTs.</OL> You can apply that sort of logic to any thing you dislike. It's still wrong to secure your own safety and prosperity at someone else's expense without their informed consent. To do so is one step short of enslavement. In short, it is tyrrany. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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