On 11 Jun 2007, at 00:00, Andrew Crystall wrote: > On 10 Jun 2007 at 16:27, PAT MATHEWS wrote: > >> High taxes on liquor = "moonshiners' full employment act" > > I disagree, that's cultural. There's plenty of tax on alcohol here, > and we don't get much moonshine.
It's not just tax, it's the other restrictions on availability. I have the impression that cannabis is relatively much more popular with American youth because since it's illegal anyway it is much easier for someone under 21 (the ridiculously high drinking age in much of the USA) to get hold of than beer. Since alcohol sellers can lose their license for selling to underagers and drug sellers don't have one anyway. I've never been refused in a bar since I was 16 and the first time I got asked to prove my age buying alcohol in a shop was when I was about 40. ROU Possibly Flattering -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time." - Bill Gates, 1987 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
