I’m not sure if Laci the dog is feigning stupid, or is the genuine article, but posts like this really do amaze me.
A little context, Laci is referencing this post, and it mentions that the prohibition of drugs is really the driving force of crime, not guns. I agree…Laci…well is stupid:
Now how likely is it that the prohibition on drugs will ever be lifted, and even if it is lifted, that the black market in drugs will be eradicated? After all, there are still people who make moonshine liquor to avoid paying taxes. So, if we want to get into it, there will always be an economic incentive for a black market in drugs if they are regulated.
Seriously, how can anybody put their name (or their dog’s name) to a statement that stupid? Are their moonshiners out there? Yep! Do some of those shiners sell their hooch in an illegal black market? Yep! Are these numbers in any way significant? NO NO NO!
I know a few people who have at least TALKED about making their own distilled spirits, most of them did it in a “Because I can” tinkerer’s puzzle, none did it for a market pressure. Why not? Because you could get your ass arrested for making a product that is cheap, plentiful, and of better quality on the LEGAL market.
Hell my Latest Project shows I have a desire to DYI my own booze, but while adding flavors to spirits for infusions is fun and easy, I fail to see what I could gain by building a pot-still and fermenting my own mash or wart, when I can buy a half-gallon of Three Olives for $30 without violating a single law.
Now all said and done, today I bet very few people consume “Moonshine” or otherwise illegally produced liquor, and less people still BUY said shine as their means to imbibe. But that Wasn’t Always the Case.
Seriously, a normal person would be embarrassed. We are obviously not dealing with a normal person.
Does Laci not realize his statements prove the ineffectiveness of Gun Control?
Will there always be a black market for drugs, yep. Will it have the power or violence associate with the Narco Cartels of today? Ask the Mob! Ask the Rum Runners of yesterday — if you can find them.
If the economic incentive is reducing by legalization (and history shows it will be) , then the incentive for violent crime is also reduced….proving that it isn’t the tool that is the problem but the underlying illegal drug trade.
Let’s face it. If Ecstasy becomes legal a major drug company will be happy to produce it and make pennies per pill versus the incredible current mark up.
If the cost goes down, so does the need for property crime and violent crime — people will be able to afford the drugs on minimum wage, don’t you think?
What gets me is this bull:
(invalidating local Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good, by those who are neither elected nor citizens of that jurisdiction).
The problem is the laws aren’t reducing crime — therefore aren’t necessary– nor can they be considered part of the public good any more — because the statistics show that removing those laws (gun control laws) either does not increase crime or actually decreases it!!
Honestly, Laci’s owner is a total mystery to me. If he’s faking stupid, he’s doing a good job. If he is that stupid he’s doing an even more impressive job hiding it from the people he derives a living from.
Maybe an option C, that he’s some sort of an obnoxious savant. Who knows!
Weer’d, over the last 3 decades I’ve spent a considerable amount sampling some of the best products of the finest whiskey-making traditions the world knows. That said, the finest I’ve ever tasted was a product of Cheatham and (my home) Robertson counties, in TN. Perfectly clear; smooth sweet-corn taste; barely a tickle in the throat; and no unpleasant aftertaste. Some fine craftsmen make white liquor (or perhaps I should say likker).
Were these licensed or unlicensed?
I’ve only had REALLY cheap stuff
http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2005/11/georgia_moon_corn_whiskey_review.php
Found that more than a few belts was about as much as I could take…used the rest to clean the drains of my apartment and soak labels off of things.
I would be willing to wager that a significant (if not an outright majority) of moonshiners are situated in dry counties (particularly the ones that are also surrounded by dry counties). In which case, you would have a classic economic example of the point you are making.
Friend lives in Knott County, KY, and a sizable chunk of the county’s economy is shining and growing weed. Probably bigger money than mining. Met a fellow there that runs 800 gallons a month. People buy it. Including my friend there. People pay THIRTY bucks a half-gallon for it, because he’s good at his job.
Hell, People bootleg cigarettes too, where the taxes are high. That’s actually a pretty big black market too, that most people don’t think about.
One other thing. Interesting that it’s legal in most states to roll your own firearms if it’s not for profit, you can roll yer own beer and wine most places, but not spirits. Probably because it’s easier to make distilled alcohol than it is to make non-sickening beers and wines. You can be pretty sloppy with the fermenting if you’re going to distill and run through activated charcoal. Takes skill to make a good whiskey, but just about anybody can make serviceable distilled spirits if they have the right equipment and it just takes sugar, water, and yeast.
Despite the first 100% legal-and-approved moonshine still opening its doors in Gatlinburg not too long ago, I can guarandamntee you that there are more than a few backyard stills operating in the hills (and cities) of Tennessee.
However, when it comes to the news, given the choice of “moonshiners” and “druggies”, guess who makes it into the paper/television more often, to the point of damned-near exclusivity?
Then again, given that Laci’s owner considers murdering people to be an acceptable resolution to a difference of opinions, it is little wonder that he cannot grasp the nature of reality around him. I cannot imagine leading a life that hateful, and that deluded…
When I was in college back in Rockingham County, Virginia, we sampled some of the local product and found it to be some mighty fine sippin’ whiskey, pretty much exactly as described by Tennessee Budd.