02-04-2005, 02:00 PM
UberGrossMann Wrote:Just and fyi, i do believe that if you enlist in the military you can drink on base. So if you are dying for your country you can drink too. The enlistment age is 18 for those who didn't know that. As far as drinking age being 18, no. I don't think it should be 18 for the simple fact that a high school senior shouldn't be drinking. As a general statement they aren't smart enough to not drink and not drive. And sinner, i see your point of not knowing when someone is gonna mature. College most definitely helps you mature though, at least for everyone i know that is there or graduated.
I think the biggest problem with drinking now a days is that no one knows moderation. All the parties i've been too at least half the people there are so plastered that i'm not sure they could find their own feet. If people could learn to have a drink or 2 then there wouldn't be a problem with the drinking age being 18 or for that matter lower. Look at most of europe, where you can drink from an early age. But they also know moderation. There were 2 german exchange students here last year. Everytime we partied with them, they didn't get wasted. They didn't see a point to getting wasted. And in europe there is less alcoholism, and less drinking related deaths. SO that's my take on it.
UGM made a great point there. Alcohol isn't a big deal to European people because in Europe, it isn't a big deal. In some countries over there, there is no drinking age. Thus, they don't make a big deal out of it. In the United States, we have already set a limit on "adult beverages" making teens want it more because it is against the rules to have it. It would be pointless and dangerous to say the least to change the legal drinking age now, since drinking is an issue here. You guys following me?