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Mayor Menino wants to ban alcohol sales in Boston.
Anyone think this is a good idea?
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We tried this once before. It was called Prohibition, and it didn't work. The Mayor needs to spend a little more time studying history and a little less running off at the mouth. You can't legislate against stupidity.
He needs to focus on the problem. Fans drinking in bars is not the problem. The problem is the mob mentality when a bunch of them start gathering in the streets, usually after the bars close. Every fan riot I've ever heard about happened after the crowd crossed over into property destruction and the police moved in. If the city had an intelligent proactive plan to prevent street crowds, instead of waiting to react to violence, these riots would not happen.