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Originally posted by fastpat
It would be hard to judge just how many Americans died as a result of Prohibition, that vile offspring of the Progressive Movement beginning in the 19th century.
No, I'm not talking about gang warfare and turf battles, those only took a few thousand lives. I'm talking about the Southern farmers who, deprived of their huge grape growing revenues, turned to tobacco. Thus inabling millions of people to begin the nicotine habit. And the deprivation of life saving natural nutrients found in native grapes, and almost no place else.
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I dont get it. If I was not able to drink I would not think of nicotine as a replacement. Farmers created a demand just by planting tobbaco seeds?
Besides, I thought Nascar that great Southern sport was an outgrowth of the moon-shining hot-rodders of that era? You would rather have some bad wine but no Nascar? Pat you better be quiet on this subject. Your hillbilly neighbors are heating up the tar and breaking open the pillows...