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stephengillie on July 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Graphic: Mexican drug cartels’ spreading influence

Likewise, society can't accept that members are able to increase their happiness just by drinking a few ounces of...coffee. Or beer or rum. Or run for a mile.

These would sap the inspiration to work hard at a job in order to succeed.

tomjen3 on July 17, 2012 [–]

If alcohol was invented today, do you think it would have been made legal?

And churches worked very hard to make it impossible to legally drink in the US.

As for coffee, it is very difficult to ban something so many people depend on daily.

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