Thats actually a pretty good idea, will probably boost recruitment as well.gof22 said:I feel that if someone is 18 and is in the military they should have the right to legally drink where as someone who is 18 and not in the military should have to wait until they are 21.
If you are old enough to be in the military you should have the right to drink.
My POV is that if you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink. Ergo, either lower the drinking age or raise the military age.Wardog13 said:Should the US Drinking Age Be Lowered?
I say yes, I find it so fucked up that a 18 year old deemed responsible and smart enough to be able to go to war and fight for his/her country, but drinking alcohol is apparently abover there heads. So I say that the drinking age should at least be lowered to 18.
Most people are foolish from what I have seen. If someone does drink and drive they deserve to be punished at the fullest extent of the law.Wardog13 said:Most Drunk drivers are over 30.Mr LS said:Teenagers are stupid. So No.
Not anymore. Most assuredly, every time the draft was even considered in recent years, it was under the stipulations that many of the things that people used to dodge the draft would be pulled out, the education and parental responsibility are almost always cut from draft bills.Rednog said:I don't think that is enough of a cause to warrant the lowering of the age. Plus the 18 --> go to war argument is iffy because if you're a student you're excused. It then becomes your choice to go and fight, its not like a draft or that they are forcing you to go.
The reason the drinking age is 21 is that statistically 18-21 year olds take more risks and make more bad decisions. One of the most common of those is drinking and driving.Wardog13 said:Should the US Drinking Age Be Lowered?
I say yes, I find it so fucked up that a 18 year old deemed responsible and smart enough to be able to go to war and fight for his/her country, but drinking alcohol is apparently abover there heads. So I say that the drinking age should at least be lowered to 18.
No because 18 year olds probably get the drink easily enough so there's no point in making it easier for them to drink.Wardog13 said:Should the US Drinking Age Be Lowered?
I say yes, I find it so fucked up that a 18 year old deemed responsible and smart enough to be able to go to war and fight for his/her country, but drinking alcohol is apparently abover there heads. So I say that the drinking age should at least be lowered to 18.
(Australia where the age is 18 but nobody seems to care)Glademaster said:Next your going to end up with people around 16 getting drink easier
Bought to go buy some boozes for my mates birthday. I'm 16. To be fair I'm buying it for my mate who is 18, but he's lost his ID and doesn't have a beard.DannyBoy451 said:As if having a drinking age has ever stopped anyone from drinking.