Should America Lower the Drinking Age?, 21 to 18? Rating Options

[*CrackedRearView*]

^ Uhm, ok, I'll think about it.

I think it works pretty well in Europe. What's your point?

Yeah, it works great in Europe, also known by many as the 'cradle of filth'.

Please, unless you've taken a stroll down a German street at midnight, don't voice your opinion about the state of Europe's social nightlife.

[theguardsman]

Economic-wise and Social-wise..what do you think?

Do this survey by the way.

THANKS!

[Harp]

18.

[shanaynay]

18.

2nd. The positives seem to outweigh the negatives.

[manny-the-dino]

FOUND IT! I knew if I looked long enough, I'd find the thread.


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[karmakiller]

18.

What about the students that are in high school when they are 18? ...going to school intoxicated.

[Insurmountable]

^Kids do that already. People put that stuff in mountain dew bottles and carry it around like its soda.

I think it should be 18. People already drink before turning 21, but of course if they lowered it to 18 I wonder how many people would start drinking earlier than that.

[dosomethin888]

Yes.

Lets lower the drinking, gambling, and smoking age to 12. Legalize Marijuana and all other drugs while we are at it. Allow people to rent pornos at any age and have sex on the streets. Then we can have drive-thru abortion clinics where you can trade in the fetus for a dog or cat. While we are at it, we can out-law heterosexual marriage and encourage everyone to experiment with the opposite sex. Also, have condom-dispensing machines in our elementary schools. This way, we wont be stuck in the "traditional" age anymore, we can progress into the "enlightened" age where we have freedom to do EVERYTHING.


I think that sounds nice.

[schizo]

^Uh yeah, sure. You can totally compare lowering the drinking age to eighteen with drive-thru abortion clinics. And "experimenting" is going to send everyone who does it to hell.

Please.

[dosomethin888]

^Uh yeah, sure. You can totally compare lowering the drinking age to eighteen with drive-thru abortion clinics. And "experimenting" is going to send everyone who does it to hell.

Please.

You forgot the part about trading in the fetus' for dogs and cats.

[schizo]

It sounded ridiculous enough without that part, so I didn't feel the need to put it in.

Drinking when you're a legal adult is impossible to compare to trading your unborn baby for a cat. C'mon now. While I don't really think I'd be participating in protests to lower the drinking age, I don't think I'd be outraged if it happened either.

[smash]

no lowering the legal drinking age.

[karmakiller]

^Kids do that already. People put that stuff in mountain dew bottles and carry it around like its soda.

I think it should be 18. People already drink before turning 21, but of course if they lowered it to 18 I wonder how many people would start drinking earlier than that.

They did that when I was in school too. But dealing with it was a lot more black and white than it would be if the legal age was 18.

I still think we should distinguish between hard liquor and alcohol and have harsher punishments for people who drive intoxicated (there's really no need for someone to get their eighth DWI). In Germany you're allowed to have beer (and wine) when you're 16, but can't have liquor until you are 18. But you also can't obtain a drivers license until you're 18.

If the drinking age were to change, other laws would probably change along with it.

[Maccabee]

N.O.

[emberfly]

No, but I like the idea of making people get a license to drink.

[Insurmountable]

They did that when I was in school too. But dealing with it was a lot more black and white than it would be if the legal age was 18.

I still think we should distinguish between hard liquor and alcohol and have harsher punishments for people who drive intoxicated (there's really no need for someone to get their eighth DWI). In Germany you're allowed to have beer (and wine) when you're 16, but can't have liquor until you are 18. But you also can't obtain a drivers license until you're 18.

If the drinking age were to change, other laws would probably change along with it.

Yea and the laws that changed probably wouldn't be that huge. I mean I just don't think its that big of a deal but of course there is some dumbass out there to completely take advantage of it and f*ck it all up.

For now things should just stay as they are because if someone changes things its going to be a bigger hassle and more bitching from everyone else.


Having a license to drink is dumb, then we just have some people getting them and going out and buying drinks for everyone else. It would be completely pointless, no need in making something like this more complicated.

[Tsukuyomi-No-Mok...]

I think that the drinking age should stay where it is cause i mean one if someone is under 21 and they are drinking then they require someone to get alcohol for them usually it's a friend and usually they drink with a friend either way.
but if they were to lower the age for it i think it should only be for beer and wine whereas hard liquor that you'd def. need to be 21 for that because one it can mess you up real quick especially if you're a light weight and two cause if someone can't hold their liquor it makes situations worse.
either way i think that the drinking age should sstay the same
and the people who get them selves in trouble for drinking underage or go to school drinking alcohol out of soda bottles that's their choice and they will deal with their own consequences because it's their fault if they get hurt in the end for making the desicion. The only think I'll regret is that the innocent people that get injured or killed because of someone who abuses the alcohol could have avoided the situation if the idiot who wanted to be cool and drink underage decided to be smart.

and yea I lost one of my best friends to an underage Drinker who decided to drive and i had to sit there with one of his arms in one hand and the rest of his body in the other. so i don't approve of drinking and driving (not that anyone would)
but also I jus recentl lost another friend who was about to graduate to similar reasons causeof underage drinking and stupid stuff like that she's dead so yea.
if you drink at least have someone there to take care of you and NEVER drive i don't care how much you drink.

[hypnotique]

^Uh yeah, sure. You can totally compare lowering the drinking age to eighteen with drive-thru abortion clinics. And "experimenting" is going to send everyone who does it to hell.

Please.

ily.

If you can send someone off to war and fight for their country then by all means they should be entitled to drink.

[Robbiscool]

If I can join the military, fight and die for my country, buy cigarettes, star in pornography, and file my taxes all at 18, why can't I legally purchase and comsume alcohol?

It used to be 18 in Ohio. But they changed it.
:/

I think it should be 18.
But that's just me.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Sure. It's not going to change much, but why not.

[RCKstarh]

^^ exactly

there's not much of a point to change it. 18 yr olds already drink. along with ppl younger than that.

[BamBamBoogie]

Most 18 y/o's aren't mature enough to drink responsibly. But then again, many 21+ y/o's aren't either.

Prohibition sounds good to me

[karmakiller]

[*BOSS*]

yes to 20 so i can get dee drunk

[moorepocket]

what's the point? Kids today all drink anyway, regardless if they're underage.