tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post3819726635284360846..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: SidesteppingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-24651872368786835752007-10-30T09:34:00.000-05:002007-10-30T09:34:00.000-05:00Why choose the last 30 years only???Is it your bel...Why choose the last 30 years only???<BR/><BR/>Is it your belief that student drinking in Iowa City began in 1977? It goes back farther than that....a lot farther...quiet possibly into the 19th century.<BR/><BR/>Let's get a little perspective here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-78814852854423548432007-10-29T11:19:00.000-05:002007-10-29T11:19:00.000-05:00Written by John D. Rockefeller in 1932 at the end ...Written by John D. Rockefeller in 1932 at the end of the Prohibition Era:<BR/><BR/>"When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognised. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com