News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Do Not Trust Journalists – A Mormon Example. Parent comment

Re:Do Not Trust Journalists – A Mormon Example by comex on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @11:33PM (#21876825)
...And even if the GP does name issues, what possible connection could there be to Prohibition, other than the fact that both involve constitutional amendments?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do Not Trust Journalists – A Mormon Example by gliese1337 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @01:03AM (#21877125)
The connection to prohibition is that it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the unforeseen side-effects were way worse than the problem it was intended to solve--hence an additional ammendment was required to repeal it.
[ Parent | on HN ]