"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And thanks to them we got the mobster era, and the Kennedys. And today’s Drug Lords are no different.........
Not saying that I didn’t drink to excess at times in my younger days, but why should the majority of us who can take or it or leave it be denied the simple pleasure of a few drinks now and then because of a minority who can’t handle it, or abuse it? Especially knowing as we do that prohibition doesn’t work in eliminating the problem, and causes many problems of its own.
Can’t think of a more obnoxious group of busybodies.
Ah yes; as a former “White ribbon baby”; this brings back memories of my Grandmother.
Party like it’s 1933!!
At least their positions on the modern issues of abortion and marriage between homosexuals are sound, I think
/johnny
‘twould be nice if Christian folks stuck to the bible for their proscriptions. There are plenty of them in there, without folks making up more of them.
I bet their Christmas party is a barrel of laughs.
They could be coming back, particularly with socialized medicine.
Under a socialized system, government will have a pecuniary interest in reducing or even eliminating alcohol.
I can see common interests between the prohibitionists and folks like Edwards that want to mandate medical treatment, anti-smoking, and anti-transfat people.
Once again Freepers are missing the religious component of this.
Yes, we who can handle our drinks find them to be busybodies but these women feel that they are doing the work of the Lord. That is why they are against Homosexualism and Abortion too.
Their point of view is that our body belongs to God and we should not do anything to corrupt it.
I don’t fully agree with them but I do respect them. I do see why many women whose homes have been destroyed by alcoholism see the drink as the devil. If you read the posting you will notice that these women are against drugs and any and all kinds of narcotics.
I know Jesus Christ partook wine but I wonder how strong that wine was and how the Lord worked with alcoholics back then. So much is missing in our history that we dont have a full picture of how addictions were handled.
It won’t be popular here but I have always thought the true feminists were the 19th century feminists like these.
Their opposition to abortion and alcohol were both intrinsic to understanding the sources of misery for women.
Alcohol is related to 40% of all violent crime and 40% of all automobile accidents.
Its amazing to me that alcohol gets the light treatment that it does in society.
I do think it will start moving in the direction of smoking which would be good in my view.
Alcohol abuse does a lot of social harm and yet its considered scandalous to criticize it.
I wish these women would be more successful.
Just call it medicine and the pain will disappear... AND the Gov will pay for it. ;-)
This group does good work. I drink a toast to them. And another, God Bless them. And one more, for the road.
They need to get a life. JMHO.
They can have my 5th of Jack Daniels when they pry it from my cold drunk fingers!
I don't like the *enhanced* penalties for the use/display of a gun. Would a bomb, knife or a baseball bat be any different?
There’s still plenty of prohibition to go around. People are commonly thrown in jail for possession of a plant.