My father grew up in Bladen county - an unabashedly dry county in NC (until
just recently). It had remained dry for over a century due to many factors,
including a very influential and respected church lobby. However the
resources to lobby constantly a county board from a church group requires
outside monetary assistance. For almost 70 years, the biggest contributors
to the anti-liquor lobby in Bladen county are the MOONSHINERS themselves!
Think about it - why would they want an ABC store to take away their
business?
Before Vick's vapor rub, that clear mason jar would be the home rememdy of
choice for my father's side of the family.
From: Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:26:52 -0500
Never said they would not. You think the criminals will stand idly by
and let their market share be taken from them? Even if they compete
using only legal methods they would be formidable. Their operations
would also still be very valuable and profitable. And that is my
point. If anyone thinks making drugs legal will somehow destroy the
criminal enterprises in place today they are mistaken. Or do you think
they will just walk away from the drug market because they are legal?
-Gary
Eli Allen said the following on 8/25/2005 5:20 PM:
> If drugs became legal the why won't others try to produce drugs? The
> way they are made is not a secret. And if you don't have to hide what
> you are doing they are easy to make.
>
> Criminal operations are the only ones providing drugs now as they are
> illegal to provide.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> And here I thought you had to grow them. Anyways, you are missing the
>> point. The criminal operations are the only ones capable of providing
>> the drugs to the legal market. They will continue to make money and do
>> whatever nefarious things with it that they do now. Again, legalizing
>> drugs will do nothing to remove the criminal element.
>>
>> -Gary
>>
>>
>>
>> Eli Allen said the following on 8/25/2005 3:50 PM:
>>
>>> I'm going to go out on a limb and say some new companies will be
>>> created or existing companies will expand to produce them.
>>>
>>> I'm also going to make this wild assumption that people will rather
>>> get their drugs cheaper at the store then pay more to someone sneaking
>>> around a street corner.
>>>
>>> Eli
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>>> Big difference, there was already a thriving legal business for
>>>> alcohol
>>>> prior to prohibition. So we make drugs legal, where are they going
to
>>>> come from?
>>>>
>>>> -Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hayes Elkins said the following on 8/25/2005 2:30 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> What happened to moonshiners and the whiskey running mafia filth of
>>>>> the 30's?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
>>>>>> To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:24:10 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is one of the most ludicrous arguments being tossed about by
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> legalizing drugs crowd. What in God's name makes you think that
>>>>>> organized crime will walk away from their BILLION dollar
>>>>>> empires? Tax
>>>>>> the drugs?? LOL.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
