[PW] Re: Prohibition....

[sfinemel at ca.rr.com]

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we breathe in." 
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---- "Michael J. Lowrey" <orangemike at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On 11/7/06, sfinemel at ca.rr.com <sfinemel at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> >  Prohibition....when
> > alcohol went to illegal and then back to legal.....what happened to the
> > bootleggers who were in jail?  Were they set free since the law
> > changed?
> 
> Nope. They'd still broken the law.
> 
> Also remember: all repeal did was make prohibition optional instead of
> mandatory. Many if not most states in the U.S. have "dry" counties,
> cities or other regions, where some or all forms of alcohol sale are
> illegal.
> 
> -- 
> Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey
> 
> "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food
> and clothes."
>      --  Desiderius Erasmus
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