Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by neverjeeps at 4:07 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Well there are a lot of people trying to get the drinking age lowered because they say that minors binge drink too much and if they could buy and drink legally they wouldn't have too. I agree with this. Minors binge drink because it is something they can't have all the time. They drink more because they don't know the next time they will get to drink. Same as if you go to a nice restaurant you eat all of your food because you don't know the next time you will get to go. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is battling this. They say that it will just make more kids get in cars and kill themselves or others. That is complete bullshit. If it was legal, kids wouldn't have to sneak and drive back home drunk because it would be legal for them to stay at the party and spend the night. And if the cops came they wouldn't have to run to their cars and drive away paranoid. They could just turn down the music and continue to enjoy they fiesta. If the drinking age was lowered than kids would start drinking when they still lived with their parents and somewhat have a guide to teach them about alcohol, kinda like when you get your driving permit. With it at 21 most kids are away and have no one with years and years of experience to teach them safety. What is proposed now is that if you are 18-20 and you take a 40-hour class on alcohol and drinking safety you can get a licence to buy/consume alcohol. MADD has said that this wont work. They compare it to the DARE program and how it failed. Well MADD you are retarded. The DARE program was not anything like the proposed program. They also say I quote. "A 40-hour alcohol education course to teach 18-20 year-olds to drink responsibly will teach them nothing. In fact, it stands to create a situation in which teens overestimate their ability to handle alcohol. " This is like saying that in health class when you learn about protection and the hazards of having unprotected sex. But what you get out of it is the mind-set that you can have all the unprotected sex you want and nothing bad will happen. I think it is in America's best interest to lower the drinking age not only for economical reasons but to give the youth of our nation, who is quit possibly deciding the leader of our country for the next four years a little more respect. -- Posted by Live Just To Die at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 The drinking age IS 18 in the UK -- Posted by xJosex at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 good point -- Posted by TronicChronic at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 In canada there doing the same to 15 -- Posted by Trash at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 The drinking age IS 18 -- Posted by MushroomSatsujin at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 No. I just turned 21. I waited way to long for this -- Posted by Bearsy at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 I agree with you, when the age was increased the binge drinking stats increased, especially for people in that age group. -- Posted by robdude at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 drinking classes are a joke....nice avatar -- Posted by jamesish at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 I think it should stay the same. I've heard both sides. And we're old enough to die in war, but dont give me a drink. -- Posted by Ndskewll at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 I don't think that it would lower drinking for minors. To reinforce it and say that it's okay isn't going to help anything. -- Posted by jsgirl at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from TronicChronic at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 In canada there doing the same to 15 Bullshit they are. -- Posted by xemoxisxlovesxcryx at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 uk it already is -- Posted by randomrocks at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 they have a petition thing where you call 603 413 4131 and vote if you think it should be lowered or not -- Posted by RIMHfire at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 I just posted on another thread like this. But I say lower it. -- Posted by starfishface at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 I can't really be arsed to read that... but the age is 18 in England and i don't personally think it helps. 18 yr olds still want to binge drink. I mean, i know underage people can get alcohol, but it must be harder if the age is 21, because they probably know less people that are 21, plus it's harder to look 18 then 21 obviously. I think 21 is better personally because people are supposedly more mature by then.... however i'm happy with it being 18 in england! wouldn't want it to change. -- Posted by NikkiMikki at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Drinking age here in lovely Canada is 19. Whee! -- Posted by Faded Beauty Queen at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 It's already 18 here. You lose. -- Posted by uwastedmyheart at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Psh, it should be age 13. -- Posted by whoisabs at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 http://www.golivewire.com/forums/peer-yapapby-support-a.html -- Posted by Sarabethany at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 wtf if teens ctould get alcolhol at 18 they would want to get more because they can... -- Posted by XxFrench SimplicityX at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 iT SHOULD BE LOWERED! -- Posted by oddsocks at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 hah  ha that won't work it is 18 here, and everyone starts drinking at like 15, or younger. -- Posted by TronicChronic at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from jsgirl at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from TronicChronic at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 In canada there doing the same to 15 Bullshit they are. Thats not what the legeslation of bc was saying. I doubt it will happen. I heard alberta and newfondland opted too -- Posted by hivemind at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from Trash at 12:08 am on Aug. 21, 2008 The drinking age IS 18 in the uk it is....in america its 21 -- Posted by r o c 1 at 4:11 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from MushroomSatsujin at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 No. I just turned 21. I waited way to long for this hahah it would be too unfair to you ayy? -- Posted by boom spencer boom at 4:11 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 if you lower the age it just makes it legal for them to binge drink. ANDANDAND It makes so the cops cant punish them -- Posted by BrokenBelief at 4:11 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Not to mention the wonderful example of statistics.  The U.S. has the highest legal drinking age, and also has the worst statistic for teens in car wrecks.  That in itself is a bit of a reason to rethink the current situation.  Obviously it's not making the teens more responsible.  Maybe more exposure to legal drinking and legal driving would help. -- Posted by zombie4life at 4:11 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 rebellious but legal things get abused all the time. people would die of liver cancer much more often and at earlier ages if the age was lowered. because I mean hey it feels good to be tipsy or drunk. Alcohol OWNES your liver. *not necessarily liver cancer but liver failure. and brain damage. Brains are valuable. and if you look at peoples brains who drink compared to people who don't, its a drastic difference, do we really want 18 year olds being more fucking stupid than they already are. -- Posted by jsgirl at 4:12 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from TronicChronic at 4:10 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from jsgirl at 4:09 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from TronicChronic at 4:08 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 In canada there doing the same to 15 Bullshit they are. Thats not what the legeslation of bc was saying. I doubt it will happen. I heard alberta and newfondland opted too LOL. Bullshit. Alberta is keeping the drinking age 18, BC is keeping it 19. They aren't going to let kids who can't DRIVE or vote yet, buy fucking booze. -- Posted by xBeautifulTragedyx at 4:12 pm on Aug. 20, 2008 If you're an adult when you're 18, I think you should be able to do whatever you want, drinking including. Pages: 1 2  Next