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September 17, 2004stupid lawsI believe that making 21 the legal drinking age has caused a lot more problems that it ever solved. First of all, the idea that a young man can go off to war at the age of 18 but can't legally buy a beer is absurd. (I ran into that problem in the Atlanta airport. I offered to buy a beer for a guy in uniform and he explained that he wasn't old enough yet, and his ass was on his way to IRAQ. Explain that shit to me.) Second, do you really think these laws stop young people from drinking? Hell NO!!! They'll find a way to get it, the same way I did when I was in high school. It doesn't take a lot of imagination. Any clever young men (or young wimmen) can manage to buy hootch if they are determined to do so. Here's the rub: You buy the hootch and you know that you can't take it home with you, so you DRINK IT ALL. Then drive. I submit, most humbly, that this bullshit, prohibitionist-driven, Libby-Dole law ENCOURAGES binge-drinking and irresponsible behavior. It is a nanny-fart FORCED upon states by craven politicians and morally-superior do-gooders using Federal highway funds as a means of extortion. All it really does is create larger problems than what it attempted to solve.
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Sounds like the old arguments that gave the vote to 18 year olds. I appreciate the service of those in the armed forces, but just because someone is old enough to take orders and fight doesn't necessarily give that person the knowledge and reasoning ability necessary to make decisions about drinking or voting for presidents. If we extend this thought process, then anyone old enough to give birth and raise the next generation should be able to buy alcohol. Let's lower the drinking age to 12! Heck, I say keep the drinking age at 21 and raise the voting age to that, too. Posted by: Woody on September 17, 2004 01:24 PMWoody, My point is simple... if we didn't make alcohol such a forbidden fruit, it wouldn't have such allure. Then, the drinking age wouldn't matter. Posted by: Acidman on September 17, 2004 01:50 PMROB is right, but we do that to damn near anything that is fun. Just imagine if hookers were legal. Posted by: James Old Guy on September 17, 2004 02:04 PMTwelve year-old boys with some paper-route money would strut. Posted by: Acidman on September 17, 2004 02:26 PMJames Old Guy--That argument about voting because you can die for your country was more valid when we had a draft. Today, if someone doesn't want to fight for his country and risk death, he doesn't have to volunteer. However, I will grant that a gorilla with a ballot has at least a 50:50 chance of voting smarter than Michael Moore. However, I see the main point about wanting something that you can't have. Maybe that's why women are attracted to men who are taken. Posted by: Woody on September 17, 2004 02:32 PM
Simply make military active duty an exception to the law of 21. You got a military id, you're legal. Posted by: homebru on September 17, 2004 03:47 PM"My point is simple... if we didn't make alcohol such a forbidden fruit, it wouldn't have such allure. " Usual boomer crap. WE could handle alcohol at 18, but younger generations can't The best argument for lowering the drinking age is the chaos the 21 standard has made of college towns, where the quarter of undergraduates who can legally buy alcohol provide it to the other three quarters. Two possible solutions: lower the drinking age to 18, or raise the college age to 21. Posted by: Brett on September 17, 2004 06:39 PMAll it really does is create larger problems than what it attempted to solve. You've described gubmint in a nutshell. Posted by: horse with no-- on September 17, 2004 08:41 PMI really appreciate blogs like this one becuase it is insightful and helps me communicate with others. Post a comment
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