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Patrick:
@ Tommy: I'd disagree there. Your world view changes a lot from 16 to 18, and a lot more from 18 to 21. It also has a lot to do with the fact that drinking is a rite of passage into adulthood. You can vote at 18, you can drink at 18, you can drive at 18, and many other different age-dictated rights and privileges. And so when all of those things come at once, I am of the belief that you will inevitably want to try ONE of them just for the hell of it.
The thing is, I'm not even worried about alcoholism. I'm already at risk because alcoholism is rampant on both sides of my family. But I also learned early on what my limits are, and I have only pushed them once in three years, and the horrible embarrassment that came the next morning (and months later, when I met somebody from that night who reminded me how drunk I truly was) has served as a pretty excellent reminder as to why we don't do these things.
Maybe mine is just a special case, but I definitely think that when the age to drink is that young and that isolated from the point where you learn to be responsible with other things, it serves you better in the long run. You know how when your schedule at school is so cramped that you can't remember a damn thing you did all day? Similar concept.
Gemmwah:
--- Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 11 Mar 2008, 15:56 ---I really don't think the number of teenagers drinking in the US would change all that much if the drinking age was changed from 21 to 16. Hell, I started drinking illegally when I was 15, and at college the amount of underage drinking is just incredible anyway. Make it legal and sure, for a few months there's gonna be panic in the streets. But then you'll have half of our youth hunover so bad they'll never want to drink again.
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You say that, but a hangover never stopped me or my friends from drinking, be it underage or of age. Definitely a flawed theory.
Scandanavian War Machine:
flawed, yes. but it seems to hold more water, for me, than tommy's does. i think lowering the drinking age in america wouldn't change much of anything except maybe boost the economy alittle.
Boro_Bandito:
Actually, if I had gotten a hangover the first time I drank I would have probably been turned off to it. Take my younger brother. He has one hangover/blackout at senior week and now he won't touch alchohol.
Cam:
Well, the initial drive to change the age to 21 was prompted by the founder of MADD. It was pushed through simply because it was a very hard issue to oppose. I am for raising the drinking age because it will save lives! but but States Rights!... oh shit, it is an election year. Save the drunken teenagers!
Supposedly, statistically, it has made some slight difference, but I didn't dig up any thing to support that. I still think there is something wrong when you can get join the Army or get drafted, but you can't drink a draft.
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