Ideas on the legal drinking age.

[Bat Vader]

I myself personally believe if you are below 21 and in the military it should be legal for you to drink. If your old enough to kill and die for your country you are old enough to drink. That is just my opinion though.

I would like to hear other peoples ideas as well. Perhaps get a nice discussion going about different ideas.

Although that's an honorable idea, most places on base and if you're deployed over sees restrict drinking - as in you can't drink at all. I think that this is a stupid argument. Do you think a 15 yr. old who's parents allowed him to join the military should be allowed to drink?

Even if your answers yes, you're side stepping the actual issue. The reality is that 18 is now considered the legal age of an adult (the whole idea of the drinking age being 21 was that half a century ago, the "legal age" was 21, not 18. But then people followed the same argument and said, "If you're old enough to be drafted, you should be old enough to vote.") At the end of the day, if you're an adult, you should not be restricted in what you can or cannot do accept for what other adults can or cannot do. A political example of this could be the fact that you have to be 25 to get elected to Congress. A less extreme example of this is that we should be allowed to drink at 18, but we can't drive drunk.

If you are an adult you should be treated like one.

I agree that 18 year olds should have the same adult right that the 21 year olds have. But seeing as how they won't be lowering the drinking age to 18 anytime soon I am all for legal alternatives to the problem.

 

[Distorted Stu]

Oh its good to be 18 in the UK *gulp gulp gulp*
Although you do have to look 25 to order any alchohol in the UK.
As for this:

should be different for each person.

How would that possibly work? I do thinkt he age should be limited to 18 in the states imo, i can't really see any problems. Maybe 19, that way y'all wont be drunk or hungover when at school?

 

[The Youth Counselor]

Personally I the drinking age should be different from the buying age. Many countries and regions have this in practice, yet the United States doesn't follow this trend. I know too many people who binge drink and regret it the moment they reach 21.

 

[TheMatt]

18. When everyone become legally shagable.

/thread.

 

[Dyp100]

Well, I'm in the UK and the 16 age limit (well 5 officially, but that is for medical stuff) not really seemed to stop 12 year olds drinking at parties and such. I know people who binge drink, and there only 14.

 

[syndicated44]

I think it should be 18 then again I dont really care. Alcohol has never been a problem to obtain and if I do go out I have a few drinks get a little buzzed and relax. I only on occasion get completely wasted. I never understood peoples need for alcohol, personally I can stand being around drunk people. They piss me off they get all touchy feely and then they end up wanting to fight or they scream everything.

However more on topic, the drinking age should be 18. You have to do your taxes when your 18, you can join the military, you are legally an adult at 18. What really burns my buiscits is the fact I cant rent a car until I am 25. Cmon I wanna rent cars and drive them around and then return them!

 

[Arcanz]

In Norway it's 18 and 21 for the harder alcohol.. and that's find I guess. I don't drink and I don't see why you should drink either. Can someone please enlighten me as to why people drink alcohol? Why is that so many "young" people just have to get alcohol? I'm 18 myself and I find alcohol distasteful, it tastes like a steamy pile of feces on a another mans leg. "But you'll get used to the taste, mate" they say. Why the hell would I want to get used to the taste? "It's fun to get wasted, you do all kinds of weird shit" they say, why do I want to get wasted? What's the point?
No don't get me wrong, I'm not that guy that doesn't go to a party or hates everyone around me. I go to parties (not raves and such, I don't like the music. Kinda a metal head) and have fun with my peers, some of them drink some of them don't. Everyone of my friends have a lot of respect for me not drinking, they even bring beverages that don't contain alcohol just for me. We all have fun together too, but non usually gets what you will call shitfaced. Those who do drink until they get shitfaced gets laughed at, and those who don't usually have a great laugh at the people who can't get their socks on or find their shoes.

 

[Ariosona]

It would be nice if it were based on IQ as opposed to age, that way the intelligent people (who understand the consequences and risks) are able to be responsible, and it keeps the fools (who go LOOK AT MA KEWLNEZ I R DRUNK) safely at home in their plastic bubbles.

However this doesn't seem like it's going to happen ever, so I would say the drinking age is good at 18, but spirits should be 21. That's for the UK though, not sure about other countries.

 

[Fat Hippo]

Ha, the legal age limit stops no one, NO ONE, from drinking. Like there aren't enough drunken teenagers in the states. But then, I'll be 18 in half a year, old enough to buy whatever I want where I live (I'm gonna get me one of those stylish hip flasks, oh yeah) so I don't really care. But seriously, a limit is really pointless, being illegal just makes it cool.

 

[RavingLibDem]

I think the drinking age being 18 is quite a good idea, your just about mature enough to not kill yourself on it, and your immature enough to find it really really fun

 

[Ismix]

I myself personally believe if you are below 21 and in the military it should be legal for you to drink. If your old enough to kill and die for your country you are old enough to drink. That is just my opinion though.

I would like to hear other peoples ideas as well. Perhaps get a nice discussion going about different ideas.

Makes sense.
18 for normal alcohal, 21 for hard liquor.

 

[cartzo]

the problem with underage dunkeness in britian (were the legal drinking age is 18) is terrible, but in places like france and italy (were there is no age restriction) there is hardly any problem with underage drunkeness at all.

i'm not entirely sure why this is but it does go to show that the government is going the wrong way about preventing teenage drunkeness.

 

[Flamezdudes]

It's 18 in Britain. HA! I guess these ages don't matter at all though really, people below the legal age are gonna drink regardless.

 

[munx13]

18 for everything, just like it is now in my country.

 

[Pingieking]

I think that the legal age should be 18 for people who have graduated high school, and 21 for those who haven't. Just for a small bit of incentive for people to stay in school.

Also, I'd like to see that law enforced a bit more. I only know of six people who didn't drink underaged in my entire high school, and four of those had mental disabilities (I have a bad case of the Asian Glow, and the last one simply refused to drink because he thought that alcohol will make him stupid... not a bad reason if you ask me).
BTW, I'm in Canada, drinking age is 19 here.

 

[tehbeard]

I hvae to agree with the others on this.

16 for beer n cider
18 for everything else.

But then again who really Pays attention to the drinking laws?

 

[EeveeElectro]

Keep it as it is. I'm 18 next year, so I'll be able to drink, but I probably won't.