TravelingGal
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Date: 8/20/2008 4:08:15 PM
Author: somethingshiny
Hm, I don''t think that most folks want to see it lowered to 16 (most countries in the world have the drinking age at 1. I think the issue for most here is if you are a legal adult at 18, why can''t you make the decision if you can drink or not?Date: 8/19/2008 11:05:06 PM
Author: WishfulThinking
Date: 8/19/2008 10:56:17 PM
Author: somethingshiny
I don''t think a lot of people [perhaps the majority of people?] are prepared to accept the consequences of drinking, especially in the United States. I see it much more as a cultural issue than one of age.
Big fat ditto to that!
And, to continue in my straw man mentality.....
If 16 year olds are ALLOWED to drink legally, don''t you think more 12 year olds are going to start drinking??
And, of course, drinking at any job is prohibited, but do you really want to have more worries in your life?? Do you want to wonder if your neighbor kid who just got his license and is drinking is going to pay attention to your kid playing baseball in the back yard?? Do you want to wonder if he''s going to drive his own little sister around after drinking?? Do you want to wonder what kind of role model that is for every child??
Sorry you think I''m stupid, but I think lowering the age to 16 would cause more deaths, catastrophic incidences, and IRRESPONSIBLE drinking.
A 21 year old can''t figure out responsible drinking how is a 16 year old who is also struggling with peer pressure, college entrance exams, sex, etc??