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::::First off, I should point out that it is unlikely that the U.S. Government would have repealed the Prohibition Act had the positive effects outweighted the negative.  Secondly, while you are correct in saying that I have supported the initial plausibility of your theory, I have distinctly cited U.S. history which suggests more strongly that the banning theory is entirely unpractical.  In the end, it is not the ''theory'' that is significant, but whether or not the theory holds water when applied.  In this case, it has not.  -[[User:Simple|Simple]] 10:55 (GMT -5) 6 July 2007

::::First off, I should point out that it is unlikely that the U.S. Government would have repealed the Prohibition Act had the positive effects outweighted the negative.  Secondly, while you are correct in saying that I have supported the initial plausibility of your theory, I have distinctly cited U.S. history which suggests more strongly that the banning theory is entirely unpractical.  In the end, it is not the ''theory'' that is significant, but whether or not the theory holds water when applied.  In this case, it has not.  -[[User:Simple|Simple]] 10:55 (GMT -5) 6 July 2007

::::You might also note that, during the Prohibition, alcohol was still available to those who sought it.  Do you think that making alcohol harder to obtain stopped even one desperate alcoholic from obtaining it?  I find such a proposal unlikely.  More likely, such families would have suffered terribly - forced to deal with crime lords, paying higher prices for a bootleg alcoholic product.  Such products would have been produced in less sanitary conditions, and quite possibly laced with other substances to increase their 'potency'.  I cannot imagine that such a situation would be a desirable side effect, to say the least.  -[[User:Simple|Simple]] 11:01 (GMT -5) 6 July 2007

::::You might also note that, during the Prohibition, alcohol was still available to those who sought it.  Do you think that making alcohol harder to obtain stopped even one desperate alcoholic from obtaining it?  I find such a proposal unlikely.  More likely, such families would have suffered terribly - forced to deal with crime lords, paying higher prices for a bootleg alcoholic product.  Such products would have been produced in less sanitary conditions, and quite possibly laced with other substances to increase their 'potency'.  I cannot imagine that causing a subset of the American population to suffer thusly, all the while funding organized crime, could possibly be a good thing.  -[[User:Simple|Simple]] 11:01 (GMT -5) 6 July 2007