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Old 30th December 2012, 09:26 AM   #161
Andrew Wiggin
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Originally Posted by Kestrel View Post
The folks who are actually dancing in blood are the manufacturers and retailers. Every slaughter of innocents helps pump up sales.
Given the sequence of events, a logical observer would conclude that rhetoric about banning something pumps up sales. I bet liquor stores did a brisk business as the Volstead act began to be enforced too.
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