After all, that's what happened to the last great moral issue to rattle the American party system: alcohol prohibition.

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Finally, if you find yourself in any major American city on 5 December, we highly recommend seeking out a Repeal Day party celebrating the day on which Prohibition was repealed in 1933.

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According to the CINIC, Beijing residents account for 30 percent of the country's total number of internet users, so it is safe to assume that a majority of the ruling communist party leaders are "surfing the web" daily without prohibition.

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