Jul. 13th, 2005

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"On the morning of July 8, 1856, a band of 200 hatchet-wielding women, angry that their men spent too much money and time in local taverns, raided the local watering holes and destroyed every drop of alcohol in town."
-- From a Reuters story on the history of "dry" laws in Rockport, Massachusetts, where the ban on alcohol has finally been lifted.


Like Maenads, in reverse.

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