Fast food and alcohol should be illegal.

Libertyforall, You state that because I am against drug legalization, that I have contradicted myself in my arguments. I cannot deny the fact that my profile does show that I am against drug legalization, for I believe that drugs such as cocaine should not be legalized. However, apparently you failed to see that I am in favor of medical marijuana; I believe that drugs should be legalized if strictly for medical purposes, and that anything else cannot be tolerated. If this is what the concept of drug legalization implies, than I can assure you that I will immediately change it. Back to the argument. You claim that "Based on everything else the government has made illegal, it only makes sense that both fast food and alcohol be illegal too." Yes, the goverment has banned many things that have proven to be dangers in our country. But just what is the leading cause of death in America? Is it alcohol? No. Is it fast food? No. The number one leading cause of death in America comes from taking a puff or two on the cancer stick; Smoking. Even since the surgeon general released their warnings on the packs of cigarrettes, sales of this deadly product have yet to come down; we obviously haven't fully understood the dangers of smoking just yet. While America has made an effort to prevent smoking in social standards of life (I.e. the increased number of No Smoking rules in public areas, such as sports stadiums), we have yet to official a permanent ban, and you can still purchase a 6 pack of cigs any time, any day, at your local 24-hour convenience store. Just what are the benefits of smoking? Looking cool? Let me tell you, you'll look real cool hacking and coughing up a storm in the cancer ward. Now THAT'S cool. The point I am trying to get across here is that while alcohol and fast food have their setbacks, smoking is far more dangerous, and a higher priority to put an end to. The government should take evasive action by making smoking illegal before they even consider enforcing a law to make fast food and alcohol illegal. Let's hypothesize for a minute. Let's just pretend that alcohol has been dubbed illegal. Prohibition has been enforced. Here are the effects; first off, dozens, even hundreds of beer, wine, vodka, and other alcohol-producing breweries are shut down, put out of business. Millions of workers are laid off, their life's purposes stripped, nothing left to their name but a former shadow of themselves as a working man. On top of that, thousands of pubs and clubs are forced to be shut down, for alcoholic beverages were their main profit-bringers, the item used most to rake in the dough. Thousands more workers are laid off. It's the great depression all over again. "What can I do?" thinks the recently laid-off worker. Suddenly, he is hit with an epiphany, and gathers together all his other laid-off worker friends, those who miss their alcohol, shattered big men of the beer companies, and people who just want a reason to revolt against the man-AND RIOT! Glass shattered, houses set aflame, lives lost. Thousands die in the rage against prohibition. It's World War III, and this time, it's the common people against the government. Alcohol has also been an integral part of religous customs for centuries. We've all been to mass, temple, or other religous places, and had the occasional sip of holy wine. As we all know, the wine they serve there is made with-you guessed it-alcohol! With alcohol banned, the holy wine we all drank in prayer would be taken away from us, ensuing one of the worst problems to deal with; religous revolt. Nobody wants that. Without alcohol, many people rush to other sanctuaries, popular ones being fast food. So when one hungrily rushes down to the golden arches, BK Lounge, Wendy McFendy's, or wherever you go, only to find that a sign has been posted on the door, reading: "The government has recently passed a bill that has made fast food illegal. We are sorry for the inconveniece, but all of our locations have been shut down indefinetely." We all saw the "Whopper Freakout" commercials, where customers were on the verge of blowing a gasket when one product was taken away from one restaurant; what do you think would happen if every restaurant ceased to shell out any more products? Panic would happen. Insanity would happen. Rebellion would happen. Upon the sudden withdrawal of their favorite treats, fast food friendly customers wouldn't be able to compensate, and would revolt as the alcohol deprived would. Not to mention even more millions of workers laid off. Fast food has provided us with many benefits; the life-saving dinner for those short on time, such as a soccer mom desperately seeking out a meal for her children with 20 minutes to spare before the big game. Fast food has provided inexpensive meals for the homeless, the low-incomers, the minimum wage. Fast food has given life to those whose cooking is not their forte, and hip, new hangouts for the young people. Fast food has given to us more than it has taken away. The banning of fast food and alchohol would hurt the world more than help it. I rest my case.