building space ports instead?sanjuro said:
Underage Drinking
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Can an 18 year old legally buy a gun in the US?
It's not the best law, but it's still the law.
When I was 19, I joined the Navy. I was in San Diego where I could drink beer in bars located on base to prevent me from going to Mexico to get sh!tty. I drank a lot when I was in the Navy and a lot of my friends drank more than me.
I think that there are a lot of good reasons why the drinking age is 21. Not saying that some people can maintain who are over 21, but you are a bit older and most people I know didn't wait until 21 to start.
Suck it up unless you feel you won't live to see 21, you will have many years to get drunk after that.
When I was 19, I joined the Navy. I was in San Diego where I could drink beer in bars located on base to prevent me from going to Mexico to get sh!tty. I drank a lot when I was in the Navy and a lot of my friends drank more than me.
I think that there are a lot of good reasons why the drinking age is 21. Not saying that some people can maintain who are over 21, but you are a bit older and most people I know didn't wait until 21 to start.
Suck it up unless you feel you won't live to see 21, you will have many years to get drunk after that.
Since when are coke, meth and gunplay legal for anyone 21 and older?sanjuro said:
The segment of the population is either adults (defined by age) or they're not. Changing your mind for alcohol and nothing else makes absolutely no sense. Again: do you believe an 20 year old rapist should be tried as a juvenile?
I'm not sure which to which post you're referring or what your point is.sanjuro said:
People (minors and adults) are far less likely to seek treatment, even in an emergency, if they will be caught in an illegal act. However, as a juvenile, the parent/guardian ultimately has the responsibility to get the juvenile to a hospital, so it's an entirely different situation.
That's like saying, "my friend got shot when we robbed a grocery story, but we didn't go the hospital because we committed a crime". (which did happen in my neighborhood, and his co-horts in crime let their friend die).ohio said:
Or, "my friend OD'ed, but we didn't go to the hospital because using heroin is a crime."
If teenagers binge drink, you would hope they would take their friend to hospital, no matter what the consequences.
But, for ****s and giggles, we're going to make it even harder for them for ideological reasons based on neurosis and falsehoods. Great.sanjuro said:
Wrong.sanjuro said:
65+ has the worst driving record amongst all age groups. I've seen drunk seniors leave restaurants, keys in hand. Why not cap the drinking age, while we're out there protecting the populace, eh Sanj?
Oh, that's right...it's hard as **** to marginalize the senior population...
Your point is irrelevant, owing to the fact that if drinking ages were lowered, teenage alcohol abuse would significantly decrease. And that little criminal detail when idiots take 10 shots of 151 in 15 minutes.sanjuro said:
Welp! I'd love to sit here and post some more discussing todays politics but it IS friday night, and I gotta go work out to get the pecs and tri's pumped up along with the biceps so I can go out to the club later impressing the ladies with my big guns and excersize my American right to consume alcohol like a Conehead.
Dan Ackroid, here's to you my good man, Cheers!
Dan Ackroid, here's to you my good man, Cheers!
No no...voting doesn't count...they have the AARP. And Money. Take away their licenses and deny them the right to alcohol. I'm going to make a powerful ally in my crusade.stevew said:
How about this, who has the highest insurance premiums?blue said:
Hey, obviously there are drunk drivers in all age groups. But teenage drivers are the worst statistically, and that is part of the reason why every state has a 21 drinking age.
There are a lot of other reasons, from our ridiculous puriticanal attitudes to sin, to our legimate concern about the wellbeing of youth.
I approve of getting fvcking tanked as ****. Word.
You mean working out, or the drinking part?Changleen said:
Like getting "BLUE in the face?"The Kadvang said:
That's the spirit son, approved.The Kadvang said:
The reason every state has a 21 drinking age is because the federal government will withold federal highway funding from states that do not comply.sanjuro said:
see:
Text of Law
and
National Review Article
and
Wikipedia Article
excerpt:
Yeh! About that federal funding of money for the roads, HOW THE HECK are all us drunk drivers supposed to drive a straight line home with all those pot holes throwin is off!?
Welp! I'd love to sit here and post some more discussing todays politics but it IS Wednesday night, as in LADIES Night at the bar. So I gotta go to excersize my American right to consume alcohol like a Conehead.
Dan Ackroid, here's to you my good man, Cheers!
I'd rather have the drinking age at 16 and the driving age at 18... let kids get used to it.
I am of the opinion that that is why the frat houses and all of that have so many problems. Here the drinking age is 18. By the time kids are in university, (here) they've had plenty of hangovers and puked on themselves, and and had to stagger home to face mom and dad. Presumably they learn (sometimes) to better control themselves. In the US, you ship a high school grad off to live on his own, (usually) for the fisrt time. No parents, no authorities....and hey... what's this stuff everyone is drinking?...ooooh I feel funny.... It's too much new stuff all at once....
I am of the opinion that that is why the frat houses and all of that have so many problems. Here the drinking age is 18. By the time kids are in university, (here) they've had plenty of hangovers and puked on themselves, and and had to stagger home to face mom and dad. Presumably they learn (sometimes) to better control themselves. In the US, you ship a high school grad off to live on his own, (usually) for the fisrt time. No parents, no authorities....and hey... what's this stuff everyone is drinking?...ooooh I feel funny.... It's too much new stuff all at once....
I could have died you know....Da Peach said:
Yeah sure, but like a ROCKSTAR!!!!MMike said:
And I think you learned from the experience, no?
I think i truly learned the pain on my 18th B-day... before that, one big puke and all better... 14 year olds can be so unwise...
But they make for wiser 18 year olds...oh wait...
I need a beer...
I just noticed this remark from a while back. I like your way of thinking Mike. You're swaying my opinion away from what everyone has told me about you.MMike said:
Good idea... I started both at 16 and I did alright.