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Really? With few exceptions in the US you cannot have an open container in public. You can't buy alcohol past 9 or 10, or on Sundays in many states. Middle-aged customers are still carded when they go to the grocery store. Compared to many countries, that's quite uptight.Americans aren't culturally uptight about anything, teenagers drinking is almost a right of passage and is commonplace.
I say lower it to 16, in Canada it is either 19 in most provinces on 18 in Qubec or Alberta though Quebec will probably sell it to you at a lower age. I think that is too high, I went on exchange to Belgium where the age is 16 and I saw no negative consequences of that. Kids are going to get it one way or another anyways. The idea of the drinking age being 21 is absurd to very other country in the world.
Yippee. I'm for lowering the age, but I couldn't give two ****s what other countries think about it.
The U.S. is not some magical void by itself. It is clear that having the age of 21 is ludicrous and a failure, join the rest of the world.
How about: You can drink or drive between 18 and 21: pick one.
John, with all due respect. You've heard the expression..."Give a kid an inch and they take a mile." Kids can justify almost anything. Underage drinking is against the law. While a parents might convince themselves that their kid would only drink at home under their supervision...is very naive thinking.
There are kids who are genetically predisposed to alcoholism. Unfortunately there's no test to determine who will become dependent.
This is actually not a bad idea, we could pass laws which say that anyone under the age of 21 who is caught using alcohol can't have a drivers license until they are at least 21.
And let the judge choose the actual age based on circumstances.
2) On what basis is it a "failure"?
This is actually not a bad idea, we could pass laws which say that anyone under the age of 21 who is caught using alcohol can't have a drivers license until they are at least 21.
And let the judge choose the actual age based on circumstances.
That no one follows it? :lol:
I know that I'm not the first (in this thread even) to have this opining, but I feel that the drinking age rules should be eliminated.
Not 21, not 25, not 18 or 16 either.
.Prohibition, of any sort, has never worked. If people want to drink, let them drink
That's demonstrably untrue, and to the extent that people don't follow it, that's an argument for every law being a "failure."
The USA doesn't make its laws based on what people do in Europe. There are a lot of big differences between European countries and the USA.
I say lower it to 16, in Canada it is either 19 in most provinces on 18 in Qubec or Alberta though Quebec will probably sell it to you at a lower age. I think that is too high, I went on exchange to Belgium where the age is 16 and I saw no negative consequences of that. Kids are going to get it one way or another anyways. The idea of the drinking age being 21 is absurd to very other country in the world.
Responsible driving carries at least as much weight as responsible drinking. Mixing the two, at any age, only leads to disaster.
I just told it to everyone who can read in my post.
Back in the day we didnt have photos on our drivers licences in Quebec (they have 'em now). Basically If you were 16 and couldnt get into a bar there was something wrong with you. As I dont frequent bars anymore I cannot say how it is now. Not that i was every any good at tellings someones age by looking at them anyway.
They do have 0 tolerance for alcohol when on a lerners permit and for the first 2 years afterwards.
Québec - New Driver Requirements
If the majority of people are ignoring your law
People have to accept a law to some degree for it to work. The government can't just impose force on the people and have the people all flip them off in return and be considered effective in their job.
It doesn't matter if the two are or are not related.At 18 you are a legal adult.As a legal adult you should be able to drink alcohol.
Soldiers and marines 21 and over do not get to drink while engaging in war, so you bringing up an irrelevant point. They do get to drink when off duty unless they are on alert.
Which is a damn good reason to continue to restrict the sale of alcohol to those over age 21.
And to come down hard on those who break the law.
.Wouldn't that imply that with age comes wisdom?I have seen many old fools
So have I, but a lot more young ones.
Why do you think that countries send young men to war?
So have I, but a lot more young ones.
Why do you think that countries send young men to war?
Well, I wasn't talking about drinking in public. That's another story.Really? With few exceptions in the US you cannot have an open container in public. You can't buy alcohol past 9 or 10, or on Sundays in many states. Middle-aged customers are still carded when they go to the grocery store. Compared to many countries, that's quite uptight.
As for "anything" ... ha, a woman's breast is shown and this country has a seizure. :doh
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