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ratso
08-14-2007, 06:15 PM
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framer1
08-14-2007, 06:18 PM
If they can join the army and fight for our country I say let them drink.

ratso
08-14-2007, 06:20 PM
If they can join the army and fight for our country I say let them drink.
I have always thought that...

Dude! Sweet!
08-14-2007, 06:21 PM
I'll go out on a limb and say that if you're old enough to die for your country and old enough to vote, you're old enough to buy beer.

SHAWNINATOR
08-14-2007, 06:23 PM
Its about time. I wish they couldve done this 6 years ago. I was getting tired of bribing bums to buy for me.

topless
08-14-2007, 06:27 PM
It was 18 in Texas when I was 18, then they raised it to 19 but not until after my 19th birthday. I don't remember when they raised it to 21 but I never had to worry about it.

Ziggy
08-14-2007, 06:29 PM
There are Pro's and Con's to this subjet, so I have decided I am on the fence about it. :D:D

topless
08-14-2007, 06:45 PM
There are Pro's and Con's to this subjet, so I have decided I am on the fence about it. :D:D
I bet not when you were 18.

YeLLowBoaT
08-14-2007, 06:49 PM
I drank more before I was 21 then I did afterwards.
I think its pretty even pros and cons.

Ziggy
08-14-2007, 06:53 PM
I just think there are too many variable levels of maturity at 18. But I also have always believed that a forbidden fruit is more often abused. See, I am on the fence...LOL
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and sure at 16,17 and 18 I'd think I deserved it. :)

blown65
08-14-2007, 07:24 PM
I drank more before I was 21 then I did afterwards.
I think its pretty even pros and cons.
Same here, I drank 10X as much under 21 than after.

RitcheyRch
08-14-2007, 09:38 PM
My thoughts exactly.
I'll go out on a limb and say that if you're old enough to die for your country and old enough to vote, you're old enough to buy beer.

ratso
08-15-2007, 02:18 AM
I just think there are too many variable levels of maturity at 18. But I also have always believed that a forbidden fruit is more often abused. See, I am on the fence...LOL
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and sure at 16,17 and 18 I'd think I deserved it. :)
You could also say that about 50 year olds lol...:D

Trailer Park Casanova
08-15-2007, 03:39 AM
When I came home from Viet Nam in the Marines, my mom still had to sign for my Drivers License.
18 was supposed to be an adult.

Racey
08-15-2007, 07:18 AM
It's about fuggin time.... many other countries practice 18 as legal drinking age and seem to be better off for it.

STV_Keith
08-15-2007, 07:25 AM
My brother was drinking at 15. Bottom line, just like everything else, they will get it if they want it. I agree that at 18 you become and "adult" in our society, so you should get this right too.

River Lynchmob
08-15-2007, 07:28 AM
It's about fuggin time.... many other countries practice 18 as legal drinking age and seem to be better off for it.
I agree if outher countries do it why can't it be done here. I believe that there are more countries that have 18 as the legal drinking age than don't. I also agree if you can fight and die for your country then you ought to be able to have a few legally.

topless
08-15-2007, 07:39 AM
For my 18th birthday, my parents (who were very strict btw) gave me a 6 pack of beer and a cooler for them.

Dave C
08-15-2007, 07:59 AM
what about the keys to the car too ;) :D
For my 18th birthday, my parents (who were very strict btw) gave me a 6 pack of beer and a cooler for them.

Ziggy
08-15-2007, 08:49 AM
You could also say that about 50 year olds lol...:Dlmao--no shit! :D
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SB
08-15-2007, 10:51 AM
I agree with the lowering the age. I was granfathered in at 19 in FL when it went up.
1. The kids have access to pot and all kinds of designer drugs they can get easier than booze.
2. I will not send my 18 yr. old away to college with complete lack of knowledge about booze. If you do that, you haven't done your job as a parent.
I hate those letters to Dear Abby from parents who sent their daughter to college with no experience on booze, sex, or drugs, and she passes out and gets gang banged the first week.
In Europe, kids get a glass of wine with dinner as teenagers, and drinking is not such a big deal.
I'm going to start giving my kids a glass of wine or a beer with a taco, as teens. Then senior year in high school, I will let them drink a few beers under my supervision.
Stop the madness!

topless
08-15-2007, 10:58 AM
what about the keys to the car too ;) :DGot those on my 16th.:D

78TaylorSS460
08-15-2007, 11:00 AM
I say let them drink but, have a ZERO tolerance for DWI. First time you get caught go straight to jail and loose your license. Second offense should be a felony. After I get out of the academy I guess I'll have to deal with it. But thats what I would do. The bottom line is, if you can't do it responsibly, then don't do it at all. I know I would have killed for the drinking age to be 18 when I was that age!:D

1980Cougar
08-15-2007, 01:22 PM
Drinking age is 18 in Alberta, Canada.
It seems to work fine. Kids who want booze will find it no matter what, and I think that waiting until 21 just makes drinking into forbidden fruit, all that more desired and attractive.
People growing up in countries where kids drink wine all their life don't have kids that turn 18 and turn into alcoholics until the fun wears off.

fat rat
08-15-2007, 01:37 PM
Just like during national Prohibition, the law has pushed and forced underage drinking and youthful drinking underground, where we have no control over it.”
Keep it to beer and wine and have a zero tolerance policy in affect.:idea:

'75 Miller
08-15-2007, 01:48 PM
This will no doubt get me bashed by most, but what GOOD will be done by changing the legal age?
Kids are gonna do it anyway, but why should the gov't embrace it?