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Old 11-11-2012, 08:42 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
Conversely, I would argue that we didn't know enough about it to make it illegal in the first place--after all, it wasn't illegal when it was discovered.
At the end of prohibition, Elliot Ness & Co would be unemployed, so make something else illegal, because moonshiners weren't wide spread enough. Something only lowlifes like Negroes and musicians and Hobos, cared about.
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