Message from @Nerthulas
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Towns can be voluntary and mutual.
here you can read about it
no, they can't
they really can't
'dry town' doesn't mean what you think it means
Any contractual obligation made of its members are voluntary in-term.
it doesn't mean a town where there isn't any alcohol
listen
it doesn't mean what you think it means
it does not mean a town where there isn't any alcohol
it means a town with a prohibition on the books of the municipal code against alcohol
They don't permit the sale of alcohol, yes.
Dosen't matter.
Such an arrangement can be voluntary and contractual.
Why couldn't it be?
that is a law, formed by a democratically elected city or town council, backed by state force
You enter sombody's tenant property and agree to a set of terms so long as you're there.
'could be, couldn't be'
talking about what is
But there are towns are ran mutually.
they ***are not*** voluntary
You can't say otherwise.
they aren't called dry towns, dude
a dry town is one with laws against alcohol
They can be dry towns
Okay
So,
maybe you don't know becuase you're european
The initial premise was "prohibition is ineffective."
In Germany, from 1933 to 1939, prohibition on the consumption and sale of tobacco saw the majority of the country's tobacco advertisers, distributors and manufacturers close down, daily consumption of tobacco among the adult population reduce by 25% and among minors almost entirely.
In Canada, from 1920 to 1925, prohibition on the consumption and sale of alcohol saw three quarters of all alcohol breweries close down and decreases by 66% each in cross-border alcohol smuggling, public intoxication and related criminal offences.
To the present day, hundreds of municipal governments maintain prohibitions on the use, manufacture and sale of alcohol within their boundaries and have reduced the consumption of it by 100%.
how the term is used
Then the goal post was shifted to "it could be voluntary."
Which is very irrelevant
if its mutual, it is by definition not a dry town
Okay fine
okay
That's extremely pedantic
yes, you were being extremely pedantic
It's funny how, you know, making a substance *illegal* makes it, well, less used by the population!