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Subject: Re: Fast driving and hypocrisy
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 13:58:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 20 13:58:10 1984
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>  I don't know myself whether or not a majority of people support the 55
>  mph speed limit, but other examples of this principle abound.  One came
>  from my home state of Oklahoma, which in 1959 was the last in the union
>  to repeal prohibition.  Most people wanted to drink, but most people
>  also wanted to see a law against alcohol on the books.  The only reason
>  prohibition was ever abolished was that a pro-alcohol governor came to
>  office who was smart enough to actually start enforcing the law for the
>  first time in decades.  Within a short time the legislature realized
>  that Oklahomans preferred their liquor to their law.

No doubt people thought it would take all the fun out of drinking if they
made it legal.


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				Dave Seaman
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