In article  Periander  writes:
>pxhxz@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote in
>news:470fdb50$1@news.cadence.com: 

>>>> Note that when alcohol was illegal in this country, it fueled lots
>>>> of crime and corruption and helped fund organized crime.

>>>Try as I might I can't remember any time when alcohol was illegal "in
>>>this country", smoke a little less and you may learn to appreciate
>>>that you're posting to a UK group.

>> Actually, I'm reading in and posting to talk.politics.drugs, which is
>> not a UK group. 

>So why use the phrase? 

What phrase?  "this country"?  I figured that the country I was refering to
would be patently obvious to anyone with enough smarts to be able to access
newsgroups postings.

-Pete Zakel
 (phz@seeheader.nospam)

"The fact that he relies on facts -- says things that are not factual -- are
 going to undermine his campaign."

			-George W. Bush, New York Times, March 4, 2000