[Legal] Drinking Age?
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I've waited this long damnit.
Glad to hear that you are registered, but the fact is that they aren't calling anyone up and those that do join do so of their own free will. Why are you in such a hurry to alter your personality with a substance like alcohol? It won't make you cool or popular. All it will do is help you do things you normally wouldn't do if sober.Spoiled said:
In 1982 the percent of alcohol related driving fatalities was running at about 60%, in 2002 it was down to 41%. Has the rise of the legal age contributed to this reduction, I think it has and for that reason alone I think it should remain where it is.
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Danzig
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I never told you or anyone to “go die” for me. You chose to volunteer to go and die for me. The great thing about this country that you came back to is that YOU can change the laws to let 18 year olds drink. So it’s easier to tell THEM OR YOU to get off your asses and register to vote or get involved in the law making process. If all you 18 to 20 year olds registered to vote you could change that law with no problem. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comMerF said:Then tell them (us) not to go die for you. I was over there when I was below the drinking age, and we used to get pissed when we'd return home because we could no longer order a beer with dinner (over there, nobody cares).
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I'd actually lower it to 18. I agree with those above who make the point that you're old enough to go in the military - they trust you with an M16, but not a beer? Dur.
I was a mother at 19 - they trust me with an infant, but not a glass of wine? Dur x 2.
I know a lot of 30 and 40 year olds who are too stupid to be drinking.
I was a mother at 19 - they trust me with an infant, but not a glass of wine? Dur x 2.
I know a lot of 30 and 40 year olds who are too stupid to be drinking.
Do you think this is the first time in our history that we have sent young men and women under the legal age for consuming alcohol to a hostile environment where the risk of life and limb was an everyday concern? You might not be old enough to recall, but it was like this back in the early 70s when we actually had an ongoing draft and right there after as we transitioned to the “all volunteer force”. Heck I have been deployed to “dry” locations many times where the host nation (Saudi Arabia) had strict alcohol laws that we had to comply with even though we were of legal drinking age.MerF said:Then tell them (us) not to go die for you. I was over there when I was below the drinking age, and we used to get pissed when we'd return home because we could no longer order a beer with dinner (over there, nobody cares).
Today we know better the risks of letting our youth drink. We have data that shows that the increase of the legal drinking age has resulted in a 30% decrease in alcohol related driving fatalities. That in and by itself should clearly indicate that it was a wise and correct decision.
Personally I wouldn’t mind letting those that are serving in the military legally drink on a military reservation in canteens and clubs regardless of their age, but most, if not all, bases comply with the current laws. Also I wouldn’t mind a general military exemption to the age restriction where upon presentation of a valid military ID card a serving member could imbibe at any public establishment. After all these folk have given of themselves to serve our nation, have undergone intense training regiments, have been given great responsibility advancing their maturity and this could be a minor reward for that service. With that said, this would have to be looked at very carefully before implementing as we have seen that the younger military members at times display many of the tendencies of the regular population and if it is later determined that there is an increase in alcohol related incidents involving those under the age of 21, then the ban should be re-established.
Ehesef
Yo Gabba Gabba
I drank more before I turned 21 than I do now that I'm legal. At 18, 19, 20 and even up until then, I thought that the drinking age should be lowered. Now, I'm not so sure. I like going to a bar and being surrounded by people my own age +. The amount of "growing up" one does between 18 and 21 is amazing, and I think that 18 year olds do not have the level of maturity to handle drinking in a public place. Hell, most 21 year olds I know don't.
Chain729
CageKicker Extraordinaire
Danzig said:
What's the difference between an 18 year old drunk and a 40 year old drunk? If parents taught their kids to do so responsibly, we wouldn't have this problem. Look around at other cultures where drinking under 21 doesn't cause the problems it does in the states.
I understand Ken King's reasoning, and the fact that if 18 year olds could buy alcohol, we would also have more minors consuming alcohol outside of the home than we do now. But to simply label everyone between 18 and 20 as stupid, is illogical and stupid.
